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Township municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arundel is a township municipality in Quebec, Canada, located 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Mont Tremblant.
Arundel | |
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Coordinates: 45°58′N 74°37′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Laurentides |
RCM | Les Laurentides |
Settled | 1854 |
Constituted | January 1, 1878 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pascale Blais |
• Federal riding | Laurentides—Labelle |
• Prov. riding | Argenteuil |
Area | |
• Total | 66.90 km2 (25.83 sq mi) |
• Land | 63.45 km2 (24.50 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 578 |
• Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 2.7% |
• Dwellings | 402 |
Demonym | Arundelite |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-327 R-364 |
Arundel was settled by Scottish and Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century who established subsistence farming operations and worked the forests in winter.
Today most of the land is reserved for agricultural use despite strong growth in the region. Much of Arundel borders the Rouge River.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Arundel had a population of 578 living in 290 of its 402 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 563. With a land area of 63.45 km2 (24.50 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.1/km2 (23.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 290 (total dwellings: 402)
Mother tongue:
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is the English-language school board of the town. Schools serving the town:
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