Lachute
Lachute | |
|---|---|
Location within Argenteuil RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°20′W / 45.650°N 74.333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Argenteuil |
| Settled | 1753 |
| Constituted | April 30, 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernard Bigras-Denis |
| • Federal riding | Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| • Prov. riding | Argenteuil |
| Area | |
| 112.80 km2 (43.55 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 108.66 km2 (41.95 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9.59 km2 (3.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| 14,100 | |
| • Density | 129.8/km2 (336/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,221 |
| • Urban density | 1,169.8/km2 (3,030/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 | 9.6% |
| • Dwellings | 6,862 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways A-50 | R-148 R-158 R-327 R-329 |
| Website | www |
Lachute (French pronunciation: [laʃyt]) is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, 82.2 km (51.1 mi) northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of the Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincial Highways Route 148, Route 158, and Secondary Highways 327 and 329.
Lachute is the seat of Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It also has a local airport: Lachute Airport. Its major industries include paper mills, lumber and various manufacturing plants. The population is just over 14,000 people.