Champigny is an administrative sector and neighbourhood of
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
. It is also the name of a sub-sub-fief on the
île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans (; English: Island of Orleans) is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percenta ...
in the era of
New France
New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spai ...
that may have give its name to the neighbourhood.
Also located here are Champigny Park, Champigny Street East and Champigny Street West.
The two Champigny Streets were formerly Champigny Road, part of the
Chemin du Roy
The Chemin du Roy (; French for "King's Highway" or "King's Road") is a historic road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The road begins in Repentigny and extends almost eastward towards Quebec City, its eastern terminus ...
from Quebec City to Montreal.
Champigny is also the name of
Jean Bochart de Champigny
Jean Bochart de Champigny, Sieur de Noroy et de Verneuil, chevalier (after 1645 – December 1720), was Intendant of New France The Intendant of New France was an administrative position in the French colony of New France. He controlled the colony ...
, sieur de Noroy et Verneuil, chevalier and
intendant of New France The Intendant of New France was an administrative position in the French colony of New France. He controlled the colony's entire civil administration. He gave particular attention to settlement and economic development, and to the administration of ...
from 1687 to 1702.
It is unclear whether the neighbourhood is named after the sub-sub-fief or the intendant.
Références
*Bouchard, René et al, ''Itinéraire toponymique du chemin du Roy : Québec-Montréal, Québec'', Commission de toponymie, 1981, p. 13.
*Société d'histoire de Sainte-Foy,'' Normalisation des odonymes : historique de chacun des noms de rues de de la ville de Sainte-Foy'', 1993.
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Neighbourhoods in Quebec City
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