| Les Coteaux | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | 18 May 1994 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Sylvain Brazeau |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Salaberry—Suroît |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Soulanges |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.50 |
| Area Land Km2: | 11.63 |
| Area Urban Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Urban Km2: | 18.13 |
| Population Total: | 5368 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 461.4 |
| Population Urban: | 19582 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | 1080.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 17.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2285 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J7X 1A2 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Les Coteaux is a municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the Saint Lawrence River and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
It was formed from the merger in 1994 of Coteau-Station (north of Autoroute 20) and Coteau-Landing (south of Autoroute 20). Prior to 1985, Coteau-Station had been known as Station-du-Coteau.[4]
Coteau-Landing was the historic location at the upper end of rapids on the St. Lawrence River where canoeing and boating parties had to land in order to portage around the rapids. It was formerly called (English: Cove of Boats). At the end of the 17th century, a staging post was built there for voyageurs and fur traders. But it was not until 1771 that settlement really began.
In 1847, its post office opened under the English name "Coteau Landing". In 1853, the Village Municipality of Côteau Landing was created (orthography was later changed to "Coteau-Landing"). When Soulanges County was formed in 1855, the village became the county seat. When the Soulanges Canal was completed with Coteau-Landing as its western terminus, its economy was boosted by the presence of a lock and relay centre with quays and wharves. It also had a regular paddle steamer service to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
The Grand Trunk Railway was constructed in 1855 with a station just north of Coteau Landing, called Coteau Junction. In 1887, the Village Municipality of Station du Coteau was created out of territory ceded from Saint-Polycarpe. Its name was adjusted to La Station-du-Coteau, and renamed in 1984 to Coteau-Station.
In May 1994, the village municipalities of Coteau-Landing and Coteau-Station were amalgamated to form the Municipality of Coteaux (adjusted to Les Coteaux in June 1995).
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Coteaux, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 4,940 | 17.2% | 92.0% | 255 | 15.9% | 4.7% | 90 | 80.0% | 1.7% | 70 | 55.6% | 1.3% | ||||||||
| 4,215 | 22.2% | 93.05% | 220 | 22.2% | 4.86% | 50 | 16.7% | 1.10% | 45 | 12.5% | 0.99% | ||||||||
| 3,450 | 21.3% | 92.49% | 180 | 100.0% | 4.83% | 60 | 500.0% | 1.61% | 40 | 166.7% | 1.07% | ||||||||
| 2,845 | 9.2% | 96.11% | 90 | 28.0% | 3.04% | 10 | n/a% | 0.34% | 15 | 50.0% | 0.51% | ||||||||
| 2,605 | n/a | 95.07% | 125 | n/a | 4.56% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 10 | n/a | 0.37% | ||||||||
List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):[5]
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[6]
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[7]