Saint-Honoré () is a city in

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, Canada. It is the seat of

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (, ''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the ...

and its most populous municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 census conducted by

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, Saint-Honoré 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 economy of Saint-Honoré is mainly based on agriculture and mining. Niobec is one of the mines located in Saint-Honoré, it is also the only active

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mine in

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Education

Saint-Honoré has two primary schools (Jean Fortin primary school and La Source school) and a Cégep de Chicoutimi campus run by the CQFA, dedicated to teaching aviation. Due to the growing number of families in Saint-Honoré, the provincial government invested $7.1 million to expand the Jean Fortin school. The town also has a municipal library open part-time.

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Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean {{Quebec-geo-stub