Longueuil

Longueuil ( /lɒŋˈɡɔɪ/; French: [lɔ̃ɡœj]) is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census totaled 231,409, making it the third largest city in Greater Montreal, the fifth most populous city in Quebec and nineteenth largest in Canada. The city consists of three boroughs: Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park. Residents of Longueuil are known as Longueuillois. Longueuil was founded in 1657 by Charles Le Moyne as a seigneurie. According to Abbé Faillon, Charles Le Moyne, lord of the area starting in 1657, named Longueuil after a village which is...