A visit to another Montreal
There are six villages in France called Montréal. La Presse went to Montréal‑du‑Gers in 2022, and reports Monday on Montréal‑la‑Cluse in the east of France.
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Jonathan 10:56 on 2025-02-18 Permalink
I recently visited a town in Sicily called Monreale and felt some sort of affinity because of the name.
azrhey 11:23 on 2025-02-18 Permalink
ha! My aunt and grandmother live in Montréal-la-Cluse (with assorted cousins living in Oyonnax next door , been doing the “I live in the actual Montreal” joke for over 30 years! I will share this article with the family asap, thanks Kate!
Nicholas 15:33 on 2025-02-18 Permalink
I’m at Namur métro station right now and on the walls they have 8 panels on the different Namurs: the city, province and capital, the Wisconsin town where Walloon farmers immigrated to, and the town in Papineau RCM similarly, and the Walloon-Quebrc friendship. Interesting and well done, we should do more of this.
Kate 00:38 on 2025-02-19 Permalink
Nicholas, I’ve never seen that, but then I can’t remember the last time I passed through Namur station.
azrhey, Oyonnax is such an odd name. Even French Wikipedia can’t give a definitive etymology.