La Cité-Limoilou is the central borough 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 ...

, the oldest (in terms of architecture), and the most populous, comprising 21.85% of the city's total population. As an administrative division, it is very new, having only been formed on November 1, 2009, from the former boroughs of La Cité and Limoilou.

Districts

The borough is composed of nine districts, six formerly part of La Cité and three formerly part of Limoilou: ;La Cité *

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* Saint-Jean-Baptiste * Montcalm *

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* Saint-Sacrement ;Limoilou * Vieux-Limoilou * Lairet *

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La Cité

La Cité ("the city" or "the stronghold") is the historic heart of Quebec City. It was the entirety of the city until the nineteenth century expansions and amalgamations. The former borough was divided into six different districts before the 2009 reorganization. The central district of La Cité is Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—colline Parlementaire. It is in turn centred on the old walled city,

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, and also includes nearby

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, the Old Port, and the

Petit Champlain Quartier du Petit Champlain is a small commercial zone in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the neighbourhood of Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire in the borough of La Cité-Limoilou, near Place Royale and its Notre-Dam ...

shopping district. Other districts within La Cité are also home to much historic architecture and many important institutions.

Limoilou

Limoilou is a former borough of Quebec City. Population (2001): 44,980. It consisted of the neighbourhoods of Vieux-Limoilou, Lairet and

. It is bordered by the borough of Beauport in the northeast, by the borough of Charlesbourg in the northwest, by the borough of Les Rivières in the southwest, and by the former downtown borough of La Cité (now also part of La Cité-Limoilou) in the south. In terms of architecture, Limoilou is second only to La Cité as Quebec City's oldest neighbourhood. It is also Quebec City's second most densely populated borough, with 4,656 inhabitants/km². A defining characteristic of the neighbourhood is its grid pattern layout, and the numerical naming of its streets, such as 11th Street and 3rd Avenue.

History

The first recorded instance of the name "Limoilou" to designate this former municipality occurred in 1893. It is a variant of the word ''Limoëlou'', the name of 16th century French explorer

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's manor in

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, Brittany, France.Musée Jacques-Cartier
/ref> Up until the end of the 19th century, the territory of Limoilou was entirely rural. First the settlements of Stadacona and Hedleyville appeared along the shore of the Saint-Charles River. Originally a separate municipality, it was incorporated into Quebec City in 1909 with which came larger, more urban projects. Image:Québec-Limoilou.jpg, 4th Avenue in Limoilou Image:Limoilou4eAvenue.jpg, 4th Avenue Image:LimoilouJardin.jpg, Community Garden, Rue des Sables Image:Colisée de Québec-1.JPG, Le

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Image:ParcCartierBrébeufC.JPG, Parc Cartier-Brébeuf on the shore of the Saint-Charles River Image:Domaine-Maizerets-Quebec.JPG, Parc du Domaine de Maizerets Image:QuuébecParcSylvain-Lelièvre.jpg, Parc Sylvain-Lelièvre, 4th Avenue Image:Noel-Limoilou.jpg, Christmas decorations in Limoilou Image:L'Autre Caserne, Québec.jpg, L'Autre Caserne is on the 5th Street in the Vieux-Limoilou neighbourhood

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