L'Ange-Gardien is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...
region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of
La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
La Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel.
Subdivisions
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L'Ange-Gardien changed status from
parish municipality
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to ordinary municipality on May 17, 2007.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, ]2006
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, 2011
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census
* Population in 2011: 3634 (2006 to 2011 population change: 20.8%)
* Population in 2006: 3008
* Population in 2001: 2815
* Population in 1996: 2841
* Population in 1991: 2819
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,459 (total dwellings: 1,534)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 1.7%
* French as first language: 97.5%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0.8%
See also
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Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans
The chenal de l'Île d'Orléans (''English: Orléans Island Channel'') is a channel of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
This channel is formed by the Île d ...
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Rivière la Retenue
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Rivière du Petit Pré
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Ferrée River (Montmorency River tributary)
The Ferrée river is a tributary on the east bank of the Montmorency River. It flows in the municipalities of L'Ange-Gardien and Boischatel, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Natio ...
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St. Lawrence river
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...
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List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
External links
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Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale
Municipalities in Quebec