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Montreal (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 073 36 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -73.6000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Canada's second largest city; occupies about a third of Île de Montréal. The first French settlement here was Fort Ville Marie (1642-1674), with foundations under the site of the current PAC Musée. It was given its first civic charter by Louis XIV in 1644; it peacefully surrendered to British troops in 1760; it was brought under British N American empire 1763. |
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| Montréal (preferred,C,V,O)
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| Montréal (French-P)
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| Montreal (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| מונטריאול (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Ville-Marie (C,U,French)
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| Fort Ville Marie (H,V)
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............ | name of first French settlement here |
| Hochelaga (H,V)
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............ | name of Amerindian village visited by Jacques Cartier 1535; natives vanished by 1603 |
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Montreal (inhabited place) (P) |
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Montreal (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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chartered in 1644, on site of Amerindian village |
| city (C) |
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incorporated 1833 |
| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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