
- Order:
- Duration: 6:29
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Uploaded: 27 Aug 2011
- Author: sharky3474
The majority of the population lives near the Saint Lawrence River, on the south shore of Montreal.
The region has a population of 1,403,360 (2007 estimates) on 11,127.74 km² (4,296.44 sq mi) of land, giving a population density of 126.1 hab/km² (326.6 hab/sq mi). In August 2004, unemployment was 7.9%.
Montérégie is named for the Monteregian Hills, which are in turn named for Mount Royal.
The Montérégie region was populated by the Iroquois when the Europeans first came here in the beginning of the 17th century. Samuel de Champlain built several forts to protect the colonists against the Iroquois and against the British. Some of the battles which decided the destiny of Canada took place in Montérégie.
Montérégie is also well-known for its vineyards, orchards, spectacular panoramas, delicious products, and, of course, for the Monteregian Mountains or Hills, which gave this land its name.
Native Reserves
This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.