Coteau-du-Lac
Coteau-du-Lac | |
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Rue Principale, Coteau-du-Lac | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
Coteau-du-Lac Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°11′W / 45.3°N 74.18°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 6 February 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrée Brosseau |
| • Federal riding | Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges |
| Area | |
• Total | 57.20 km2 (22.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 46.87 km2 (18.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 7,473 |
| • Density | 159.4/km2 (413/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 6.1% |
| • Dwellings | 3,025 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways A-20 | R-201 R-338 |
| Website | www |
Coteau-du-Lac (French pronunciation: [kɔto dy lak]) is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
The name of the town comes from the French word coteau which means "slope" and from its location on the north shore of Lake Saint Francis. The National Historic Site of Canada of the Coteau-du-Lac canal is the location of the first canal lock system in North America. The city has an industrial park.
The population was 7,473 at the 2021 Canadian Census.