Montmagny () is a city in the

Montmagny Regional County Municipality Montmagny is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet. This area was named after Charles de Montmagny, ...

within the

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

region of

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. It is the county seat and had a population, as of the Canada 2011 Census, of 11,491. The city is on the south shore of the

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, east of

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, and was founded more than 350 years ago. It is Canada's Snow Goose Capital, and festivals include the International

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Festival in September and the Festival of the

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in October. The city was named after

Charles de Montmagny Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny (c. 1583 to 1599 – 4 July 1657) was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He was the first person to bear the title of Governor of New France and succeeded Samuel de Champlain, who governed the colony ...

, the first to have the title of

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. (

Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

was commander in chief.) Montmagny was the

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of the

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Montmagny County.

Location

Montmagny is northwest of the Notre Dame Mountains, more commonly but unofficially called the Canadian extension of the

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as they are called in New England. While ''Mont Notre Dame'' is the official name, the vast majority of people living in the area stretching from Quebec City to the Gaspé Peninsula refer to them as simply "the Appalachians" (French: ''les Appalaches''), the origin of the official designation of the region comprising Quebec City's South Shore suburbia to the US border to the east and the northeast, which is known as ''Chaudière-Appalaches'', after the mountains and the main river flowing down from them into the St. Lawrence River The city of Montmagny itself is parted by the South River (French: ''Rivière du Sud''), where a smaller river, Bras-Saint-Nicolas, merges into it. The confluence of waters swells into a set of falls, leading to discharge into the Saint-Lawrence a short distance west of the city. Montmagny is the seat of the

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of Montmagny.''Territorial Division Act''
''Revised Statutes of Quebec'' D-11.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Montmagny had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy

The industrial sector is the backbone of the economy. However, the city lost many jobs when

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closed its activities on May 13, 2004, incurring the loss of 600 jobs. The city has rebounded from that period. Textile industry has also made employment for decades. A post-secondary institution, The Centre d'études collégiales de Montmagny, a hospital, named Hôtel-Dieu de Montmagny, and a provincial jail are part of the economy.

Notable people

Amable Bélanger Amable Bélanger (September 8, 1846 – September 22, 1919) was an iron founder who became an industrialist and community leader. Bélanger was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: pro ...

, iron founder *

Sammy Blais Samuel "Sammy" Blais (born June 17, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the sixth round, 176th overall, in the 2014 NHL Entr ...

, professional ice hockey left winger *

Gérard Bolduc Gérard Bolduc (August 3, 1906 – March 8, 1993) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He co-founded the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament in 1960, served as president of the tournament for 15 years, and sought to bring interna ...

, founder of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament * Sylvie Garant, model, ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for November 1979 *

Étienne-Paschal Taché Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (5 September 1795 – 30 July 1865) was a Canadian doctor, politician, and Father of Confederation. Life Born in St. Thomas, Lower Canada, in 1795, the third son of Charles Taché and Geneviève Michon, Tach� ...

, twice Premier of the Province of Canada, President of the

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, considered a

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Emma Gaudreau Casgrain Emma Gaudreau Casgrain (2 June 1861, in Montmagny, Quebec – 1934) was the first woman to be licensed as a dentist in Canada. Biography Gaudreau, born in Montmagny, studied with the Ursulines. In 1879, she married Henri-Edmond Casgrain (1846-1914 ...

, first woman to be licensed as a dentist in Canada

Climate

References

External links

City web site

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