Charny is a district (''secteur'') within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of the city of

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. It is located on the south shore of the

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, south of

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. Formerly an independent city, Charny was merged with Lévis on January 1, 2002.

History

Over the last century, Charny has been tremendously influenced socially and economically by the

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which maintains a major national train yard in the town, Joffre Yard. The roundhouse in the yard was designated a

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in 1992. Charny expanded in population during the late 1980s and early 1990s when new neighbourhoods were surveyed and houses were built. Charny has reached

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al exposure many times over the last twenty years struggling with Alex Couture Inc., a plant which buys animal corpses in order to recycle them, producing salable by-products. The plant generated bad smells and odours throughout the city. The plant has installed filters to screen out any odours. There is a waterfall that is located in the town on the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...

. It offers a beautiful scene as well as a long narrow suspension bridge that one can walk across to get to the other side of the river ( Saint-Rédempteur).

Demographics

Population according to Canada Census 2006 *Population: 10,367 *% Change 2001-2006: -1.3 *Dwellings: 4,686 *Density per km²: 1,284.6 *Area per km²: 8.07

Education

Charny is within the

Commission scolaire des Navigateurs Commission scolaire des Navigateurs was a French-language school district in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. Its address was in Saint-Romuald, a former town annexed to Lévis. The chair of the school board was Jérôme Demers, and the director genera ...

, which operates the

École secondaire les Etchemins École secondaire les Etchemins (ESLE) is a French-language high school in Charny, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and ...

References

Neighbourhoods in Lévis, Quebec Former municipalities in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 2002 {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub