As of January 1, 2006, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and L'Ancienne-Lorette will be restored as seperate municipalities. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The city is perched on Cap Diamant, a large rock outcropping at the edge of the Saint Lawrence River, whose topography encouraged its defensive use.
QuebecCity is known for its Winter Carnival[?] and for the massive Château Frontenac hotel that dominates the skyline of the old town.
In April 2001, QuebecCity hosted the Summit of the Americas to discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas; it also hosted massive anti-globalization demonstrations, provoked both by the summit and by the decision to wall off a large portion of the historic city with a four-metre-high chain-link fence for the duration.
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