Lachute

Lachute
City
Location within Argenteuil RCM
Lachute Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°20′W / 45.650°N 74.333°W / 45.650; -74.333[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Argenteuil
Settled	1753
Constituted	April 30, 1966
Government [2]
• Mayor	Bernard Bigras-Denis
• Federal riding	Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
• Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area [2][3]
• Total	112.80 km2 (43.55 sq mi)
• Land	108.66 km2 (41.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	14,100
• Density	129.8/km2 (336/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 code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-50	R-148 R-158 R-327 R-329
Website	www.ville.lachute.qc.ca

Lachute (French pronunciation: [laʃyt]) is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, 62 km (39 mi) northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of 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, and is served by the Lachute Airport. Its major industries include paper mills and lumber. The population is about 14,000 people.