Coteau-du-Lac
Coteau-du-Lac | |
|---|---|
Rue Principale, Coteau-du-Lac | |
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.3°N 74.18°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 6 February 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrée Brosseau |
| • Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 57.20 km2 (22.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 46.89 km2 (18.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 7,044 |
| • Density | 150.2/km2 (389/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 | 3.0% |
| • Dwellings | 2,743 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways A-20 | R-201 R-338 |
| Website | www |
Coteau-du-Lac (French pronunciation: [kɔto dy lak]) is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
The name of the town comes from the French word coteau which means "slope" and from its location on the north shore of Lake Saint Francis. The National Historic Site of Canada of the Coteau-du-Lac canal is the location of the first canal lock system in North America. The city has an industrial park.
The population was 7,044 as of the 2016 Canadian Census.