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17-682: [REDACTED] Look up colle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Colle or Collé (French word meaning "glue", Italian word meaning "hill") may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Lacolle , municipality in the Quebec province France [ edit ] La Colle-sur-Loup , municipality in the Alpes-Maritimes department Italy [ edit ] Municipalities ( comuni ) Alice Bel Colle , in

34-428: A few minor differences from that of ville . However it is moot since there are no longer any cities in existence. Dorval and Côte Saint-Luc had the status of city when they were amalgamated into Montreal on January 1, 2002 as part of the municipal reorganization in Quebec ; however, when re-constituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006, it was with the status of town ( French : ville ) (although

51-773: Is a municipality in southern Quebec , Canada , located in the administrative area of the Montérégie , on the Canada–United States border . The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,680. The Lacolle River runs eastward through the middle of the town and empties in Richelieu River . More people cross the border illegally from the United States there than at any other point. Almost nineteen thousand people were detained in 2017. The nearest town across

68-453: Is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring ones. Many such cases have had their names changed, or merged with the identically named nearby municipality since the 1950s, such as the former Township of Granby and City of Granby merging and becoming the Town of Granby in 2007. Municipalities are governed primarily by

85-766: The Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814) a garrison of 80 men of the 13th Regiment of Foot and a Congreve rocket detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery , later reinforced by a company of the Canadian Voltigeurs and the Grenadier company of the Canadian Fencibles successfully defended a blockhouse and stone mill building from an attacking American force of 4,000 men led by Major General James Wilkinson . The Battle of Lacolle

102-572: The Code municipal du Québec (Municipal Code of Québec, R.S.Q. c. C-27.1), whereas cities and towns are governed by the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act, R.S.Q. c. C-19) as well as (in the case of the older ones) various individual charters. The very largest communities in Quebec are colloquially called cities; however there are currently no municipalities under the province's current legal system classified as cities. Quebec's government uses

119-557: The English term town as the translation for the French term ville , and township for canton . The least-populated towns in Quebec ( Barkmere , with a population of about 60, or L'Île-Dorval , with less than 10) are much smaller than the most populous municipalities of other types ( Saint-Charles-Borromée and Sainte-Sophie , each with populations of over 13,300). The title city ( French : cité code=C) still legally exists, with

136-438: The French wine grape Gouais blanc Muscadelle , another French wine grape that is also known as Colle Colle System , a chess opening strategy for white See also [ edit ] Colli (disambiguation) Colley (disambiguation) , a surname Lacolle (disambiguation) La Colle (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

153-455: The Province of Alessandria Capriano del Colle , in the Province of Brescia Colle Brianza , in the Province of Lecco Colle d'Anchise , in the Province of Campobasso Colle di Tora , in the Province of Rieti Colle di Val d'Elsa , in the Province of Siena Colle San Magno , in the Province of Frosinone Colle Sannita , in the Province of Benevento Colle Santa Lucia , in

170-478: The Province of Belluno Colle Umberto , in the Province of Treviso Gioia del Colle , in the Province of Bari Oltre il Colle , in the Province of Bergamo Palo del Colle , in the Province of Bari San Damiano al Colle , in the Province of Pavia Santa Giustina in Colle , in the Province of Padua Santeramo in Colle , in the Province of Bari Civil parishes ( frazioni ) Colle, Bettona , in

187-409: The border is Champlain, New York . The written history of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609, when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal , Champlain referred to the location of the delta as "Lacole". When translated literally,

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204-456: The municipal government of Dorval still uses the name Cité de Dorval). Prior to January 1, 1995, the code for municipalité was not M but rather SD ( sans désignation ; that is, unqualified municipality). Prior to 2004, there was a single code, TR, to cover the modern-day TC and TK. When the distinction between TC and TK was introduced, it was made retroactive to 1984, date of the federal Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act (S.C. 1984, c. 18). There

221-550: The municipality of Bettona (PG) Colle, Monteleone d'Orvieto , in the municipality of Monteleone d'Orvieto (TR) Colle, Rocca Santa Maria , in the municipality of Rocca Santa Maria (TE) Colle, Sansepolcro , in the municipality of Sansepolcro (AR) Il Colle, Gaiole in Chianti , in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti (SI) Il Colle-Villa , in the municipality of Calci (PI) Other uses [ edit ] Colle (surname) Colle (grape) , another name for

238-979: The municipality. Municipality (Quebec) The following is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec , Canada, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec Not included are the urban agglomerations in Quebec , which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers. A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality can be found at List of municipalities in Quebec . All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference

255-520: The term means the neck of a bottle or that which is above the shoulders. Lacolle was the site of three battles in the early 19th Century. Two of the battles took place during the War of 1812 . The Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812) was a short engagement in which a small garrison of Canadien Militia, with the assistance of Kahnawake Mohawk warriors, defended a makeshift log blockhouse from an American invasion force led by Major General Henry Dearborn . In

272-539: The title Colle . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colle&oldid=976548442 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lacolle, Quebec Lacolle ( French pronunciation: [lakɔl] )

289-546: Was fought on November 7, 1838, between Loyal Lower Canada volunteer forces under Major John Scriver and Lower Canada rebels under Colonel Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski . The half hour battle ended in a rebel defeat. Lacolle as a small industrial park featuring Arneg Inc, Soudure HMC inc, and a Recycling complex operated by Compo Haut-Richelieu inc. (headquartered in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu). The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served

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