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Saint-Lin-Laurentides is a municipality in Quebec (Canada), located in the Montcalm Regional County Municipality (MRC) in the Lanaudière administrative region1. 

Topynymie The city is named in honor of Saint Lin, who was the second pope2. 
There is a commune of the same name in the French province of Poitou in New Aquitaine. 
Geography 

In the MRC: Montcalm. 
Neighboring municipalities 
Saint-Hippolyte Saint-Calixte Sainte-Julienne St. Sophia N Holy Spirit Saint-Roch-Ouest O Saint-Lin-Laurentides E S
Terrebonne Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan 

History The city was created in March 2000. It was born from the merger of the municipality of Saint-Lin (1836) and Ville des Laurentides (1883). 
The former mayor of the city is André Auger and he was mayor of the municipality for about 40 years. The current mayor (2015) is Patrick Massé of the Avenir Citoyen party, which was elected in 2013 during a general election. 
Demography 2001 2006 2011 2016 Demographic evolution 12,379 14,159 17,463 20,786 (Sources: Census of Canada) 
1996 Laurentians: 2,703 Saint-Lin: 9,336 1991: Laurentians: 2,336 Saint-Lin: 7,029 Resident-occupied dwellings: 6,618 (total 6,972) 
Native language : 
French: 96.9% English: 1.5% French and English: 0.4% Other language: 1.2% 
Education The Samares School Board administers Francophone schools: 
Crossroads of Lakes School School of Aubier5 School of the Three Times flag of Arc-en-Ciel6 flag of Bird-Blue7 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Pavilion8 School of the Ami-Sun 9 The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board administers English schools: 
Joliette Elementary School (served in most parts of the city) in Saint-Charles-Borromée10 Laurentia Elementary School (served at a party) in Saint-Jérôme11 Joliette High School (all parts) in Joliette12 Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the first francophone to hold the post of Prime Minister of Canada, was born there. It is also possible to visit the Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site of Canada, which is dedicated to the life and work of this politician13. 

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