Lorraine

Lorraine is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville. There are no industries and only a very limited commercial district (comprised of one medical center, one shopping mall, a golf course and arena); almost all houses are of the detached type. Furthermore, a large portion of the town territory is set aside as wild forest; some bike/ski trails run through it. The town is divided into two areas, North and South (or Lorraine en haut and Lorraine en bas, colloquially, because the northern area is on higher ground). These two areas are also delimited by Quebec freeway A-640, and are only joined together by the main street (Boulevard de Gaulle) overpass.

The town prides itself with completely underground utility networks.

The town was founded February 4th, 1960 and is named for the French region of the same name.

Current Mayor: Boniface Dalle-Vedove (since 2005)
See Lorraine City Council

According to the Canada 2001 Census:
Population: 9476
Population growth (1996-2001): 6.8%
Area: 6.04 sq. km.

According to the Regions and Municipal Affairs Ministry of Quebec (as of 2005):
Population: 9966
Area: 5.956 sq. km.

The town is the territory of the Roman Catholic parishal community of Charles-de-Foucault (old parish), part of the (new) Saint-Luc parish of the Terrebonne pastoral region of the Saint-Jérôme diocese. The town is part of the Marc-Aurèle-Fortin federal electoral district and Blainville provincial voting district. It makes district 22 of the Seigneurie-des-Milles-Îles French school board and is part of district 8 of the Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier English school board. Lorraine is also a member of the Montreal Metropolitan Community.