Portneuf County (, ) is a historic county in Quebec, Canada west of

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on the

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. The county seat was

Cap-Santé Cap-Santé () is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the county seat of Portneuf Regional County Municipality and was as well the county seat of the designated Portneuf County, Quebec, Portneuf County. The name of the town means "C ...

. Previously named Hampshire County (after

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) formed in 1792 at the end of the French Regime from the former

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and as a constituent riding for the

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before being renamed Portneuf County by a law of the province of Lower Canada (9 George IV ch. LXXII) in 1829. It was bounded on the west by Champlain County on the northeast by Quebec County, and on the south by Lotbiniere County. Portneuf County consisted of six former

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. In the early 1980s, Quebec abolished its counties and most of Portneuf County became the

Portneuf Regional County Municipality Portneuf () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec, Canada. RCM of Portneuf has been established on January 1, 1982. It is composed of 21 municipalities: nine cities, seven municipalities, ...

. The southeastern part of the county was transferred to

La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality La Jacques-Cartier () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country. Sub ...

and the Quebec Urban Community (now Quebec City) while parts of western Portneuf County were transferred to

Mékinac Regional County Municipality Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (RCM) of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of ...

Constituent Towns, Municipalities and Parishes

* Neuville *

Pointe-aux-Trembles Pointe-aux-Trembles () was a municipality, founded in 1674, that was annexed by Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1982. This was the last city to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization. On January 1, 2002 this neighbourhood ...

* Pointe-aux-Écureuils, Quebec * Donnacona * Sainte-Catherine-de-Portneuf * Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge * Notre-Dame-des-Anges * Montauban-les-Mines * Lac-au-Sables *

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures () is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City. The town was founded in 1691 by three families (Desroches, Racette, Couture). It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, ...

* Grondines * Deschambault *

Saint-Raymond Saint-Raymond (), also called Saint-Raymond de Portneuf (), is a city in Quebec, Canada, located about north-west of Quebec City. It is the largest city in population and area of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality. History First sett ...

* Lac-Sergent * Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf * Saint-Basile-Sud * Saint-Basile * Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf * Portneuf * Fossambault-sur-le-Lac * Duchesnay * Jacques-Cartier * Saint-Casimir * Saint-Léonard-du-Port-Maurice * Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne * Perthuis * Saint-Gilbert * Saint-Marc-des-Carrières * Saint-Alban * Saint-Thuribe * Saint-Ubalde * Val-Bélair

Creation of the County

Initially, Portneuf County included the parishes of Saint-Casimir, Grondines, Deschambault, Cap-Santé, St-Basile, Saint-Raymond-Nonnat, Sainte-Catherine, Les Écureuils, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Alban and the townships of Gosford, Alton, Roquemont of Montauban and Colbert.Municipalities Act and paths Act 1855 and the parliamentary representation of 1853, p. 131 (in French: Acte des municipalités et des chemins de 1855 et Acte de la représentation parlementaire de 1853, p. 131)
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Olive Tree Genealogy: Hampshire County
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Constituent Towns, Municipalities and Parishes

Creation of the County

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