Les Cèdres, Quebec
Les Cèdres | |
|---|---|
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°03′W / 45.300°N 74.050°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | March 9, 1985 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernard Daoust |
| • Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 88.50 km2 (34.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 77.63 km2 (29.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 7,184 |
| • Density | 92.5/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 6% |
| • Dwellings | 2,810 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways A-20 A-30 | R-338 R-340 |
| Website | www |
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Les Cèdres (French pronunciation: [le sɛdʁ]) is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada, near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 7,184. The name means "The Cedars" in French.
There is an extensive rapid on the St. Lawrence River at this location. During the American Revolution, the Battle of the Cedars was fought in the vicinity. In 1959-1960 Swedish writer, Stig Claesson, lived in the village at a place called Point Charlie and later wrote a book about it called My friend Charlie.