Chambord is a

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Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality Le Domaine-du-Roy ''(The King's Domain)'' is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Roberval, and it is named for the King of France, who owned the land at the time of the colonizat ...

in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of

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, Canada. The Chambord meteorite was found near here in 1904. The municipality also includes the community of Val-Jalbert, located along Quebec Route 169 between the village of Chambord itself and Roberval.

Transportation

Chambord is at the intersection of Quebec highways

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and 169, and is also served by the Montreal – Jonquière train passenger train of

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, which operates between Montreal and

Jonquière Jonquière (; ; 2021 population: 60,250) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saguenay River, near the borough of Chicoutimi. History Jonquièr ...

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census * Population in 2011: 1773 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.9%) * Population in 2006: 1690 * Population in 2001: 1693 * Population in 1996: 1784 * Population in 1991: 1739 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 758 (total dwellings: 1189) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.6% * French as first language: 98.8% * English and French as first language: 0.6% * Other as first language: 0%

Tourism

The historical village of Val-Jalbert is Chambord's main tourist attraction. There is also an annual cowboy festival. Chute du Val Jalbert

References

External links

Municipalité de Chambord

Festival du cowboy de Chambord

{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean