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Montreal Flag Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Location of Montreal in Quebec Coordinates: Country Province Quebec Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government ?-?Mayor Gérald Tremblay ?-?Language French (official) Area [1][2][3] ?-?City 365.13?km2?(140.98?sq?mi) ?- Urban 1,677?km2?(647?sq?mi) ?- Metro 4,259?km2?(1,644?sq?mi) Highest?elevation 233?m (764?ft) Lowest?elevation 6?m (20?ft) Population (2006)[1][2][3] ?-?City 1,620,693 (Ranked 2nd) ?-?Density 4,439/km2?(11,496/sq?mi) ?- Urban 3,316,615 ?- Metro 3,635,571 ?- Demonym Montrealer (English), Montréalais / Montréalaise (French) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) ?-?Summer?(DST) EDT (UTC-4) Postal code span H Area code(s) (514) and (438) Website: Ville de Montréal Montreal, or Montréal,[4] (pronounced /?m???e?al/?(help·info) in French, /?m?nt?i??ɑ?l/?(help·info) in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. Montreal was the largest city in Canada up until the 1970s, when it was surpassed in size by Toronto. Originally called Ville-Marie (City of Mary), some historians think the city takes its present name from Mount Royal, the three-headed hill at the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the city is located,[5][6] or Mont Réal as it was spelled in Middle French,[7] (Mont Royal / in present French). The official language of Montreal is French as defined by the citys charter.[8][9] Montreal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris, by number of native speakers. As of the 2006 Canadian Census, 1,620,693 people resided in the city of Montreal proper.[1] The population of the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (also known as Greater Montreal) was 3,635,571 at the same 2006 census. In the census metropolitan area, French is the language most spoken at home by 70.5% of the population (as of 2006 census).[10] In 2007, Forbes M