Montérégie

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Montérégie is an administrative region in the southwestern corner of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Sorel, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and Saint-Hyacinthe.

The majority of the population lives near the Saint Lawrence River, on the south shore of Montreal.

The region has a population of 1,336,000, on 11,111 km² of land, giving a population density of 1,203 hab/km². In August 2004, unemployment was 7.9%.

Montérégie is named for the Monteregian mountain chain, which are in turn named for Mount Royal.

Subdivisions

Regional County Municipalities

Independant Cities

Indian Reserves

Montérégie (16)
Longueuil City \| Acton \| Le Bas-Richelieu \| Beauharnois-Salaberry \| Brome-Missisquoi \| La Haute-Yamaska \| Le Haut-Richelieu \| Le Haut-Saint-Laurent \| Les Jardins-de-Napierville \| Lajemmerais \| Les Maskoutains \| Roussillon \| Rouville \| La Vallée-du-Richelieu \| Vaudreuil-Soulanges Neighbouring regions: Estrie \| Montreal \| Outaouais \| Laurentides \| Centre-du-Québec

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	Quebec
Regions	Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Bas-Saint-Laurent - Capitale-Nationale - Centre-du-Québec - Chaudière-Appalaches - Côte-Nord - Estrie - Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine>Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine - Lanaudière - Laurentides - Laval - Mauricie - Montérégie - Montréal - Nord-du-Québec - Outaouais - Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
	List of Quebec Regional County Municipalities
Territories	Basse-Côte-Nord - Jamésie - Kativik - Nunavik
Separated cities	Gatineau - Lévis - Notre-Dame-des-Anges - Rouyn-Noranda - Saguenay - Saint-Augustin - Shawinigan - Sherbrooke - Trois-Rivières -
Agglomeration areas	La Tuque - Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - Longueuil - Montreal - Quebec City