City of La Prairie Ville de La Prairie
Motto: VICTOR HOSTIUM ET SUI (Latin for " MASTER OF OUR ENEMIES AND ONESELF ")
Coordinates: 45°25′00″N 73°29′04″W / 45.416667, -73.48444
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie (16)
RCM	Roussillon
Electoral district	Federal: Brossard—La Prairie      MP: Marcel Lussier Provincial: La Prairie      MNA: Monique Roy Verville
Founded	March 30, 1846
Government
- Mayor	Lucie F. Roussel
Area
- Total	43.28 km² (16.7 sq mi)
Population (2006 Census)
- Total	21,763
- Density	502.9/km² (1,302.5/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	J5R
Area code(s)	450
Website: ville.laprairie.qc.ca

La Prairie is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Rousillon. The town has two High Schools, l'école secondaire Magdeleine, a public French school and the Collège Jean de la Mennais, a private mixed French school. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 416 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,971 × 1,025 pixels, file size: 586 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Buildings in La Prairie, Quebec. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Quebec. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... 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Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census: The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

• Population: 21,763
• % Change (2001-2006): 15.2
• Dwellings: 8,758
• Area (km²): 43.69
• Density (persons per km²): 502.9

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Language

Mother tongue from Canada 2006 Census The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

Photographs

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Geographic Location

		Brossard	Carignan
	Saint Lawrence River		Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
		La Prairie
		Candiac, Saint-Philippe

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See also

• Brossard—La Prairie
• La Prairie (provincial electoral district)

Brossard—La Prairie is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. ... La Prairie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. ...

External links

• (French) Ville de La Prairie Website

Montérégie (16)

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories (*): Brome-Missisquoi · La Haute-Yamaska · Acton · Le Bas-Richelieu · Les Maskoutains · Rouville · Le Haut-Richelieu · La Vallée-du-Richelieu · Longueuil* · Lajemmerais · Roussillon · Les Jardins-de-Napierville · Le Haut-Saint-Laurent · Beauharnois-Salaberry · Vaudreuil-Soulanges Image File history File links Flag_of_Quebec. ... Map (2001) of the Regional County Municipalities making up Montérégie Montérégie is an administrative region in the southwestern corner of Quebec. ... The term regional county municipality (French municipalité régionale de comté) is used in the Canadian province of Quebec to designate county-like political and geographic units, or census divisions. ... The term regional county municipality (French municipalité régionale de comté) is used in the Canadian province of Quebec to designate county-like political and geographic units, or census divisions. ... 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Motto: Unita Fortior (Latin for Stronger when United) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montérégie (16) RCM Roussillon Electoral district Federal: Châteauguay—Saint-Constant      MP: Carole Freeman Provincial: Châteauguay      MNA: Jean-Marc Fournier Government  - Mayor Sergio Pavone Area  - City 35. ... Beauharnois is a city located in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. ... Pincourt is a small town of about 12000 people in Quebec on the small island of ÃŽle Perrot off the western tip of the island of Montreal. ... Vaudreuil-Dorion is a city in southwestern Quebec in the County of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. ... Saint-Lazare also known as Saint-Lazare-de-Vaudreuil is a parish in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. ... 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