FIRST - Mayor of Montréal - Montréal, QC
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N 45° 30.512 W 073° 33.259
18T E 612929 N 5040460
The plaque to Jacques Viger, the first mayor of Montréal is located on the wall of the Montréal City Hall, Place Vauquelin in Montréal.
Waymark Code: WMJYAA
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 01/15/2014
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Jacques Viger (1787–1858) was an antiquarian, archaeologist, and the first mayor of the Canadian city of Montréal, Québec. The Viger Square and Jacques Viger Building in Montréal are named in his honour. (
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The plaque reads:
JACQUES VIGER
Premier maire de montréal,
Auteur de la devise
"Concordia Salus",
Inaugurait, il y a cent ans
Aujourd'hui, le régime
Municipal de cette ville.
Fernand Rinfret, maire.
5 juin 1933
First mayor of Montréal,
Designer of its coat of arms
And author of its motto
"Concordia Salus",
Inaugurated a hundred years
Ago today the municipal
System of the city.
Fernand Rinfret, mayor.
June 5th 1933
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