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Montreal itself is a very safe, open, and inviting city. It has the largest gay village in North America (rue Sainte-Catherine from rue Saint-Hubert (métro Berri-UQAM) to avenue Papineau (métro Papineau). The métro station halfway between the two, Beaudry, is marked with rainbow pillars. Montreal's pride celebration, Divers/Cité[2](last week of July, first week of August) is the second-largest in North America after Toronto's.
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Sometimes called the Paris of the New World, Montreal is a cosmopolitan city in which about two thirds of the people speak French. The culture and atmosphere of the Canadian city have ... remained predominantly French. Montreal is the second largest metropolitan area in Canada and one of the world's largest inland seaports.
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Montreal has another airport, Mirabel (the second largest airport in the world by area, incidentally) about an hour north of the city centre. Since October, 2004 it has been used exclusively as a cargo terminal.
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The city of Montreal originated as a mission near the present Place Royale. As the community grew, its streets curved around both sides of Mount Royal. On the slopes of the mountain are the well-to-do areas of Westmount and Outremont.
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Tremblant Film Festival[56] Just one hour outside of Montreal in the beautiful Laurentian mountains, the Tremblant Film Festival takes place from June 20-24. The event screens some of the year’s best independent films and foreign cinema with outdoor screenings at “Place St-Bernard". The beautiful mountain resort setting makes it a great place to mingle with filmmakers and stars. This unique festival is well worth the 1-hour trip outside the city.
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Montreal was merged with the 27 surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal on 1 January 2002. The merger created a unified city of Montreal which covered the entire island of Montreal. This move proved unpopular, and several former municipalities, totalling 13% of the population of the island, voted to leave the newly unified city in separate referendums in June 2004. The demerger took place on 1 January 2006, leaving 15 municipalities on the island, including Montreal.
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