Mascouche, Quebec

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Mascouche is a suburban city north of Montreal in southern Quebec (Canada). The city is located on the Mascouche River and has a population of 33,764 (2006 census) [1], ranking 30^th among Quebec municipalities.

The current mayor is Richard Marcotte.

[edit] History

Mascouche received city status on December 9, 1970, under mayor Gilles Forest.

[edit] Infrastructure

Montréal/Mascouche Airport, the largest regional airport in Quebec, is three kilometres southeast of the city.

Autoroutes 640 and 25, both major national transportation routes, meet just south of the centre of the city.

L'Étang-du-Grand-Coteau, an urban park situated in the city centre on Mascouche Boulevard, has the same area as Mount Royal Park in Montreal.

A new arena, currently under construction, is scheduled to open on August 12, 2007.

[edit] Famous residents

Mascouche is the hometown of baseball player Éric Gagné who was known to take drug while playing baseball, Phil Monaco, DJ Bendude (Benito) and the famous banjo player Antoine Dufour.

v • d • e Municipalities of the CMM/Montreal CMA

Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval

North Shore	Blainville • Bois-des-Filion • Boisbriand • Charlemagne • Deux-Montagnes • Gore¹ • Kanesatake¹ • L'Assomption • L'Épiphanie (P)¹ • L'Épiphanie (V)¹ • Lavaltrie¹ • Lorraine • Mascouche • Mirabel • Oka • Pointe-Calumet • Repentigny • Rosemère • Saint-Colomban¹ • Saint-Eustache • Saint-Placide¹ • Saint-Joseph-du-Lac • Saint-Sulpice • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Thérèse • Terrebonne

South Shore	Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères

¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Lanaudière (Region 14)

Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census).

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	D'Autray · L'Assomption · Joliette · Matawinie · Montcalm · Les Moulins

Major¹ municipalities	Lavaltrie · Berthierville · Saint-Gabriel · Charlemagne · Repentigny · L'Assomption · L'Épiphanie (V) · Joliette · Notre-Dame-des-Prairies · Saint-Charles-Borromée · Saint-Félix-de-Valois · Rawdon · Chertsey · Saint-Lin–Laurentides · Saint-Calixte · Sainte-Julienne · Terrebonne · Mascouche

Administrative divisions of Quebec