L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough ("arrondissement") of the city of Montreal.

Geography

The borough is composed of the former municipalities of L'Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève. The first is a separate island, the largest of the City of Montreal besides the Island of Montreal itself, and the second is a small area on the Island of Montreal. Sainte-Geneviève has a land border with the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro.

The borough is divided into four districts:

*Pierre-Foretier
*Denis-Benjamin-Viger
*Jacques-Bizard
*Sainte-Geneviève

The borough has a land area of 23.63 km² and a population of 17,139 (2001 census).

Government

Municipal

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is divided into four districts.
* Denis-Benjamin-Viger
* Jacques-Bizard
* Pierre-Foretier
* Sainte-Geneviève

Part of Sainte-Geneviève lies within the federal riding of Lac-Saint-Louis; Île Bizard and the other half of Sainte-Geneviève lie within the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard.

Provincially, the borough lies in the electoral district of Nelligan.

Features

Sainte-Geneviève and Île Bizard are connected by the Jacques Bizard Bridge. Île Bizard contains part of the Cap Saint-Jacques nature park as well as the Boisé de l'Île Bizard nature park. Sainte-Geneviève's features include the Cégep Gérald-Godin. Plans have been advanced in the past to cross Île Bizard with an autoroute as part of a beltway around Montreal, but these have so far come to nothing mainly out of concern for the island's nature areas.

ee also

* Boroughs of Montreal
* Districts of Montreal
* Municipal reorganization in Quebec

References

* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466150&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Bizard&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=24&B1=All&Custom= Community Profile: L'Île-Bizard, Québec; Statistics Canada]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466135&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Genevi&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=24&B1=All&Custom= Community Profile: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec; Statistics Canada]

External links

* [http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/url/page/arr_ibiz_fr/accueil Borough website] (in French)