Les Coteaux () is a municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the Saint Lawrence River and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
It was formed from the merger in 1994 of Coteau-Station (north of Autoroute 20) and Coteau-Landing (south of Autoroute 20). Prior to 1985, Coteau-Station had been known as Station-du-Coteau.
History Coteau-Landing was the historic location at the upper end of rapids on the St. Lawrence River where canoeing and boating parties had to land in order to portage around the rapids. It was formerly called (English: Cove of Boats). At the end of the 17th century, a staging post was built there for voyageurs and fur traders. But it was not until 1771 that settlement really began.
In 1847, its post office opened under the English name "Coteau Landing". In 1853, the Village Municipality of Côteau Landing was created (orthography was later changed to "Coteau-Landing"). When Soulanges County was formed in 1855, the village became the county seat. When the Soulanges Canal was completed with Coteau-Landing as its western terminus, its economy was boosted by the presence of a lock and relay centre with quays and wharves. It also had a regular paddle steamer service to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
The Grand Trunk Railway was constructed in 1855 with a station just north of Coteau Landing, called Coteau Junction. In 1887, the Village Municipality of Station du Coteau was created out of territory ceded from Saint-Polycarpe. Its name was adjusted to La Station-du-Coteau, and renamed in 1984 to Coteau-Station.
In May 1994, the village municipalities of Coteau-Landing and Coteau-Station were amalgamated to form the Municipality of Coteaux (adjusted to Les Coteaux in June 1995).
Demographics
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Coteaux, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 5,035 1.9% 89.3% 335 31.4% 5.9% 130 44.4% 2.3% 115 64.3% 2.0% 4,940 17.2% 92.0% 255 15.9% 4.7% 90 80.0% 1.7% 70 55.6% 1.3% 4,215 22.2% 93.05% 220 22.2% 4.86% 50 16.7% 1.10% 45 12.5% 0.99% 3,450 21.3% 92.49% 180 100.0% 4.83% 60 500.0% 1.61% 40 166.7% 1.07% 2,845 9.2% 96.11% 90 28.0% 3.04% 10 n/a% 0.34% 15 50.0% 0.51% 2,605 n/a 95.07% 125 n/a 4.56% 0 n/a 0.00% 10 n/a 0.37%
Government List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality): Réal Boisvert (1994–2013) Denise Godin Dostie (2013–2021) Sylvain Brazeau (2021–present)
Education Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. École Léopold-Carrière
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools."School Board Map ." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017. Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare
See also List of municipalities in Quebec
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