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Encyclopedia > Greater Quebec City Area

The Quebec City metropolitan area (French: Communauté métropolitaine de Québec) is a geopolitical region encompassing numerous cities, towns and villages in the Quebec City economic area. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


History

The Quebec Metropolitan Area (QMA) was created on January 1, 2002 (the creation date of the enlarged cities of Lévis and Quebec City).


The population of the QMA is about 715,000 inhabitants. It is the second most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and ranks seventh in Canada.


Members cities

  • Beaupré
  • Boischatel
  • Château-Richer
  • Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
  • Lac-Beauport
  • Lac-Delage
  • Lac-Saint-Joseph
  • L'Ancienne-Lorette **
  • L'Ange-Gardien
  • Lévis
  • Quebec City
  • Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
  • Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
  • Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
  • Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
  • Île d'Orléans ***
  • Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
  • Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
  • Saint-Joachim
  • Saint-Tite-des-Caps
  • Shannon
  • Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
  • Wendake *

* Wendake is a federal Indian reserve wedged in Quebec City.
** L'Ancienne-Lorette is wedged in Quebec City.
*** L'Île d'Orléans contains 6 parishes.
Boischatel, Quebec is a member of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec. ... Château-Richer is a city in the Capitale-Nationale region of Québec, located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Quebec City. ... Lac-Beauport is a little town with a population of about 6010 people, about 25 kilometers from Quebec City, Canada. ... LAncienne-Lorette is a town in central Quebec, Canada, west of Quebec City. ... Ville de Lévis coat of arms Lévis (officially Ville de Lévis) is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, a post-village of Montmorency County, Quebec, Canada, at the junction of the Ste Anne river with the St Lawrence, and on the Quebec, Montmorency & Charlevoix railway, 22 miles below the city of Quebec. ... Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a town, formerly an incorporated municipality in central Québec, Canada on the St. ... ÃŽle dOrléans is located in the St. ... Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a united township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier north of Quebec City. ... Wendake is the current name for the Huron-Wendat reserve a short distance north of Quebec City, Quebec. ...


External links

  • (French) Quebec City metropolitan area website
  • Quebec City Guide - Télégraphe de Québec


Flag of Quebec City Quebec City Flag of Quebec City

Boroughs
La Cité (1st) · Les Rivières (2nd) · Ste-Foy—Sillery (3rd) · Charlesbourg (4th) 
Beauport (5th) · Limoilou (6th) · La Haute-Saint-Charles (7th) · Laurentien (8th)  Image File history File links Flag_of_Quebec_City. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Quebec_City. ... La Cité is a borough of Quebec City. ... Les Rivières is a borough of Quebec City. ... Sainte-Foy—Sillery is a borough of Quebec City. ... Charlesbourg is a borough of Quebec City, in the northeastern part of the city. ... Beauport is a borough of Quebec City, on the St. ... Limoilou is a borough of Quebec City. ... La Haute-Saint-Charles is a borough of Quebec City. ... Laurentien is a borough of Quebec City. ...

Districts
Gay · Latin/Old Quebec · Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Saint-Roch · Val-Bélair Le Quartier gai de Québec (English : The Gay Quarter of Quebec) is a part from La Cité, in Quebec City. ... Old Quebec (French: Vieux-Québec) is a neighbourhood of Quebec City, the capital of the province of Quebec in Canada. ...

See also: List of articles about Quebec City · History of Quebec City // French Rule Quebec City was founded on July 3, 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. ...



 

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