Griffintown
Griffintown is the name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants.
Brossard (/brɒˈsɑr/ or /ˈbrɒsɑrd/; French pronunciation: [bʁɔsaʁ], local pronunciation: [bʁɔsɑːʁ] or [bʁɔsɑɔ̯ʁ]) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada and is part of the Greater Montreal area. According to the 2011 census, Brossard's population was 79,273.
Population: 69,575
Latitude: 45° 27' 0.29" N
Longitude: -73° 27' 56.99" W
Griffintown is the name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants.
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