Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...
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Canada
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Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...
. It takes its name from the Saint-Charles River that passes through the borough as well as two
tributaries
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rivers of Saint-Charles: Berger and Lorette. The borough is geographically located in the centre of Quebec City and contains the
Galeries de la Capitale
Galeries de la Capitale is a shopping mall located in the Lebourgneuf neighbourhood of the Les Rivières borough in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Les Galeries de la Capitale has 280 stores and 35 restaurants.2002 municipal reorganization). The borough also include the former city of Vanier which was merged into Quebec City in 2002.
The Rivières section of the former city was made of four municipalities that were annexed to Quebec City in the 1970s. They were Duberger, Les Saules, Neufchâtel and Charlesbourg-Ouest.
These former municipalities kept their respective name as neighbourhoods of Quebec City with the exception of Charlesbourg-Ouest which was renamed Lebourgneuf. Lebourgneuf got its name as a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsCharlesbourg and Neufchâtel.
Following the creation of the new city of Quebec in 2002, Neufchâtel was dismantled, with most of it going to
La Haute-Saint-Charles
La Haute-Saint-Charles is a borough of Quebec City. Population (2006): 74,070. It comprises Lac-Saint-Charles, Saint-Émile, Neufchâtel, Loretteville and Val-Bélair.
It also entirely surrounds the urban Indian reserve of Wendake, which is ...
borough. The part of Neufchâtel that was retained by Les Rivières borough became Neufchâtel-Est.
The borough is mostly an industrial area with a few residential neighbourhoods (Vanier, Duberger and Les Saules.) In recent years the population has increased following a large amount of residential development, particularity the construction of condos along Boulevard Robert-Bourassa.
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Municipal reorganization in Quebec
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the g ...