Montreal Urban Community | |
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Dissolved Region | |
 Downtown Montreal seen fromMont Royal | |
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 The MUC at the time of its dissolution | |
| Coordinates:45°31′01″N073°40′01″W / 45.51694°N 73.66694°W /45.51694; -73.66694 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Established | 1970 |
| Dissolved | 2002 into themegacity |
| Area | |
• Total | 185.94 km2 (71.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,039,534 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (EST) |
| Address | 11171, boul. Métropolitain Est,Montréal-Est, H1C 2B8 |
| Website | http://www.cum.qc.ca |
TheMontreal Urban Community (MUC) (French:Communauté Urbaine de Montréal,pronounced[kɔmynoteyʁbɛndəmɔ̃ʁeal],CUM) was a regional government inQuebec, Canada, that covered all municipalities located on theIsland of Montreal and the islands ofL'Île-Dorval andÎle Bizard from January 1970 (when it was created from the formerJacques-Cartier County) until the end of December 2001. These municipalities weremerged into the megacity ofMontreal on January 1, 2002. After the partial demergers of 2006, a successor organization was formed, theUrban agglomeration of Montreal.
The supra-municipal level of government provided public transit service and police services. The MUC was first succeeded byMontreal Metropolitan Community (MMC). Since themerger and subsequent demerger, the MUC has been replaced by theMontreal Agglomeration Council. This left the MMC in place, so the Agglomeration Council is a supra-municipal entity between the municipal level and the regional municipal level.
