Lachute

Lachute
City
Lachute from Route 148
Location within Argenteuil RCM
Lachute Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°20′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Argenteuil
Settled	1753
Constituted	April 30, 1966
Government
• Mayor	Bernard Bigras-Denis
• Federal riding	Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
• Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area
• City	112.84 km2 (43.57 sq mi)
• Land	108.66 km2 (41.95 sq mi)
• Urban	9.59 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• City	14,100
• Density	129.8/km2 (336/sq mi)
• Urban	11,221
• Urban density	1,169.8/km2 (3,030/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	9.6%
• Dwellings	6,862
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J8H
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-50	R-148 R-158 R-327 R-329
Website	www.ville.lachute.qc.ca

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Lachute (French pronunciation: [laʃyt]) is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, 82.2 km (51.1 mi) northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of the Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincial Highways Route 148, Route 158, and Secondary Highways 327 and 329.

Lachute is the seat of Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It also has a local airport: Lachute Airport. Its major industries include paper mills, lumber and various manufacturing plants. The population is just over 14,000 people.