Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood. As a transitional stage of human development it represents the period of time during which a juvenile matures into adulthood. The ages of adolescence vary by culture. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 19 years of age.
This article is about the incorporated city of Grosse Pointe. For the adjacent group of cities, see Grosse Pointe. Grosse Pointe is a waterfront city adjacent to Detroit in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The municipality covers just over one square mile and had a population of 5,421 at the 2010 census.
In 2015 the city had a population of 540,994, and the metropolitan area had a population of 806,400, making it Canada's seventh-largest metropolitan area and Quebec's second-largest city after Montreal, which is about 260 kilometres (160 mi) to the southwest, respectively.