Saint-Irénée is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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.
Demographics
Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 300 (total dwellings: 460)
Language
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 100%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
Notable people
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Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Casgrain, ., née Forget (10 July 1896 – 3 November 1981) was a French Canadian feminist, reformer, politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec, as well as the first ...
(1896-1981), senator
See also
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Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality
Charlevoix-Est is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont.
Subdivisions
There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
* Clermont
* La Malbaie
;Municipalities (5) ...
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Charlevoix tourist train
The Train de Charlevoix is a tourist rail service between Beauport ( Chutes Montmorency) and La Malbaie, Quebec, with an additional stop in Baie-Saint-Paul and in the winter at the Le Massif ski area, a distance of about . It is owned and operat ...
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Domaine Forget
Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix is an international Music Festival as well as a music and dance Academy located in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, in Quebec, in Canada. This domain is a operated by a non-profit organization occupying a large set of ...
, an international education institution in music and dance
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Jean-Noël River
The Jean-Noël River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows through the regional county municipalities (MRC) of:
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Rivière Jean-Noël Nord-Est
The Jean-Noël Nord-Est River is a tributary of the north bank of the Jean-Noël River, flowing in the town of La Malbaie and the municipality of Saint-Irénée, in Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Cap ...
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Saint 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, connectin ...
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List of municipalities in Quebec
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Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ...
References
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale