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Vaudreuil-Soulanges is a regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is located on a triangular peninsula in the western Montérégie region of Quebec, surrounded by the Ottawa River to the north, the St. Lawrence River to the south, and Ontario to the west. ==History== Prior to the British conquest, the region was divided into several seigeuries populated by French colonists. The seigneurial system was finally abolished in 1854. * Seigneurie de Vaudreuil (modern day Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, L'Île-Cadieux, Saint-Lazare and Hudson〔https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigneurie_de_Vaudreuil〕 * Seigneurie de Rigaud (modern day Rigaud, Sainte-Marthe, Pointe-Fortune and Très-Saint-Rédempteur)〔https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigneurie_de_Rigaud〕 * Seigneurie de Soulanges (modern day Saint-Clet, Coteau-du-Lac, Les Cèdres and Pointe-des-Cascades)〔https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigneurie_de_Soulanges〕 * Seigneurie de Nouvelle-Longueuil (modern day Saint-Polycarpe, Saint-Télesphore, Saint-Zotique, Les Coteaux et Rivière-Beaudette)〔https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigneurie_de_Nouvelle-Longueuil〕 * Seigneurie de L'Île-Perrot (modern day L'Île-Perrot, Pincourt, Notre-Dame-de-L'Île-Perrot and Terrasse-Vaudreuil)〔https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigneurie_de_l%27%C3%8Ele-Perrot〕 It is the only county in Quebec south of the Ottawa River, owing to the desire to keep the French-speaking population of the area within Lower Canada during the 1791 division of Upper and Lower Canada (precursors to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec). It is also geographically isolated from the Montérégie region, being its only county north of the St. Lawrence River. Its name comes from the historical division of the area into two counties: Vaudreuil County -- (named after Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, governor of New France) for the communities along the Ottawa River, and Soulanges County -- (named after Pierre-Jacques Joybert de Soulanges from Soulanges, Marne, France) for the communities along the St. Lawrence, a name of Québécois derivation referring to its southerliness. Since the RCM formation on 14 April 1982, the division of the county into "Vaudreuil" and "Soulanges" is still salient. The "Vaudreuil" area (consisting of the municipalities of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Saint-Lazare, Hudson, L'Île-Perrot, and others) is closer to Montreal and therefore more suburban, populous, and economically and ethnically diverse, compared to the Soulanges area (including the municipalities of Saint-Polycarpe, Saint-Zotique, Coteau-du-Lac, Rivière-Beaudette and Les Coteaux) which is solidly rural, agricultural, and ethnically French-Canadian. Owing to its geographic isolation within Quebec and growing population as a suburb of the city of Montreal, Elections Canada gave the county its own electoral district in 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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