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Greater Montreal
Montreal Districts
Nineteen Borough Councils
All the Montreal districts are grouped under the 19 borough councils and each have local jurisdiction over their respective territories. This means that each borough council manages the services provided to the citizens of each of the 19 boroughs.
The mayor of each borough is elected by universal suffrage of borough residents. As Montréal now comprises 19 boroughs, there are 19 borough mayors. A borough council is made up of no fewer than five councillors. There are both city councillors and borough councillors. The number of city and borough councillors will vary, depending on the borough.
City councillors sit on both the borough council and Montréal's city council. There are a total of 45 city councillors for all 19 boroughs. Borough councillors sit on the borough council only. There are a total of 40 city councillors for all 19 boroughs.
STM Montreal: Orange Line: De La Savane, Namur, Plamondon, Côte Sainte-Catherine, Snowdon, Villa Maria, Vendôme Blue Line: Snowdon, Côte des Neiges, Université de Montréal, Édouard Montpetit
Gérald Tremblay is now mayor of the city of Montreal as well as of the Ville Marie borough.
"La loi prévoit qu’à compter du 2 novembre 2009, le maire de la Ville de Montréal sera le maire de l’arrondissement de Ville-Marie et que le directeur général de la ville sera le directeur de cet arrondissement. La composition du conseil d’arrondissement de Ville-Marie est également modifiée aux fins de l’élection générale de novembre 2009."
STM Montreal: Orange Line: Lucien Lallier, Bonaventure, Square Victoria, Place d’Armes, Champs de Mars, Berri UQAM Yellow Line: Jean Drapeau Green Line: Frontenac, Papineau, Beaudry, Berri UQAM, Saint-Laurent, Place des Arts, McGill, Peel, Guy Concordia, Atwater
Independent mayor of the Ville Marie borough after his departure from Union Montreal in September 2007, Benoît Labonté became chief of Vision Montreal in May 2008. Then, in June 2009, Louise Harel, ex-minister of the Parti québécois became chief of Vision Montreal and mayor candidate. Vision Montréal is now the official opposition at City Hall.
Projet Montréal and its leader Richard Bergeron wished to offer to Montrealers a project as unique as their city. As for Louise O'Sullivan, Parti Montreal Ville-Marie she had a forward-looking vision of Montreal. She painted a picture of the City that attracts investors, students, artists and tourists from around the world, where the spirit of entrepreneurship is encouraged and where vitality and creativity are abundant.
Images Montréal
Images Montreal is a huge project that aims to be the biggest exclusive website of Montreal's skyscrapers, historical buildings and architecture landmarks. Old historical monuments have a lot of interest as much as new apartment buildings, new skyscrapers or graffitis.
STM Montréal
STM Montreal is composed of 68 metro stations spread along four lines and of a network made of 170 daytime and 20 night time bus service routes. The metro provides 1.3 million trips every day. STM Montreal web site also offers a section called Art in the Métro.
Montreal by Metro
Montreal by Metro is an unofficial website for fans of Montreal's metro system. Our modern rapid transit system is one of the most architecturally distinctive subway systems in the world. Unlike many other subway networks, every station in Montreal is distinct. The system is beautifully decorated with hundreds of pieces of public art, including sculptures, frescoes, and stained glass.
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