the location of some famous attractions on Saint Lawrence Boulevard, including Schwartz's Deli (famous for its Montreal smoked meat), and a weekend street fair during the summer that sees extremely crowded streets. In 1997, Utne Reader rated it one of the 15 "hippest" neighbourhoods in North America. Demographics Le Plateau has the highest concentration of youths in Montreal and overall average age range of 25–34 years old. In the 21st century, the large number of French-born residents of the neighbourhood has earned it the nicknames of "le Petit-Paris" and "la Petite-France". Government Borough council Following the November 5, 2017 Montreal municipal election and an October 6, 2019 by-election for borough mayor, the current borough council consists of the following councillors: Federal and provincial The borough is divided among the following federal ridings: Outremont Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs Laurier—Sainte-Marie It is divided among the following provincial electoral districts: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Mont-Royal–Outremont Mercier Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Westmount–Saint-Louis Education The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) operates Francophone public schools and the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) operates Anglophone public schools in the borough. The two school boards jointly operate F.A.C.E. School, a bilingual art-oriented school located in the Milton Park neighbourhood. McGill University maintains a significant presence in the borough, including four residence halls, Presbyterian College and the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning. The borough has two libraries of the Montreal Public Libraries Network: Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler (located in Mile End) and Bibliothèque du Plateau-Mont-Royal. Features Overlooked by the eastern face of Mount Royal, the borough is served by part of the orange line of the Montreal metro, including Sherbrooke, Mont-Royal, and Laurier stations. Important features of the borough include the hospital Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Lafontaine Park, and Jeanne Mance Park. The borough is largely composed of the well-known Plateau neighbourhood, famous for its bohemian reputation and characteristic architecture. The neighbourhoods of Mile End, Côte Saint-Louis, and Milton-Parc are also located in the borough. Montreal's Little Portugal neighbourhood is situated in the western portion of the borough. Le Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council has undertaken various renaturalisation and traffic-calming projects in recent years under the leadership of borough Mayor Luc Ferrandez. The reconstruction of intersections now usually involves constructing road-diets (where vehicular traffic space has been reduced) in favour of wider sidewalks and large naturalised areas with grasses, flowers and other indigenous plant species. The renaturalisation of some alleyways has been realised through the removal of asphalt or concrete