Moncton
city in New Brunswick, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moncton /ˈmʌŋktən/ is a Canadian city in Westmorland County in southeastern New Brunswick. Moncton is the largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and the second largest in the maritime provinces.
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Moncton | |
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Nickname: Hub City | |
Motto(s): Resurgo (Latin: I rise again) | |
Coordinates: 46°07′58″N 64°46′17″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Westmorland |
Parish | Moncton Parish |
First settled | 1733 |
Founded | 1766 |
Incorporated | 1855, 1875 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• Mayor | George LeBlanc |
• Governing Body | Moncton City Council |
• MP | Robert Goguen |
• MLAs | John Betts Marie-Claude Blais Chris Collins Susan Stultz |
Area | |
• City | 141.17 km2 (54.51 sq mi) |
• Urban | 146 km2 (56 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,406 km2 (929 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population | |
• City | 69,074 rank (79th) |
• Density | 473.1/km2 (1,233.5/sq mi) |
• Urban | 107,086 rank (27th) |
• Metro | 138,644 rank (29th) |
• Metro density | 57.6/km2 (149.2/sq mi) |
• Demonym | Monctonian |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
Canadian Postal code | E1A-E1G |
Area code | 506 |
NTS Map | 021I02 |
GNBC Code | DADHJ |
Website | www |
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