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Alexandria

Alexandria is the administrative centre of the township of North Glengarry, in . It is primarily of interest to travellers as a stop on the -to- VIA Rail line.
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  • Type: Town with 2,910 residents
  • Description: locality in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “Alexandria, Ontario”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alexandria Railway Station and St. Finnan’s Basilica.

Railway station
Photo: Dr. Sarcasmo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandria Station is a train station in Alexandria, Ontario, Canada. Located on McDougal Street, it is an intermediate stop for all trains on the Via Rail Ottawa–Montreal line.

Church
Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Finnan's Basilica is a minor basilica and former cathedral in Alexandria, . The basilica served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Alexandria–Cornwall from 1890 to its suppression in 2020.

School
L' is a French-Language Catholic high school located in Alexandria, Ontario. It is managed by the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien.

Alexandria

Latitude
45.3112° or 45° 18′ 40″ north
Longitude
-74.6368° or 74° 38′ 12″ west
Population
2,910
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
IATA airport code
XFS
United Nations Location Code
CA XFS
Open location code
87Q78967+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1072063771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5883490
Wiki­data ID
Q2077128
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Alexandria” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Alexandria”
  • Catalan: “Alexandria”
  • Danish: “Alexandria”
  • Dutch: “Alexandria”
  • French: “Alexandria”
  • German: “Alexandria”
  • Hausa: “Alexandria”
  • Irish: “Alexandria”
  • Italian: “Alexandria”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Alexandria, Ontario”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Alexandria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alexandria, Ontario”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alexandria”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria”
  • Russian: “Александрия”
  • Urdu: “الیگزینڈریا، اونٹاریو”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Alexandria”. Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.