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Quebec City. / 46.81389°N 71.20806°W / 46.81389; -71.20806. Quebec City ( / kwɪˈbɛk / ⓘ or / kəˈbɛk /; [ 11] French: Ville de Québec ), officially known as Québec ( French pronunciation: [kebɛk] ), [ 12] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, [ 13] and ...
Old Quebec ( French: Vieux-Québec) is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town ( French: Haute-Ville) and Lower Town ( French: Basse-Ville ), the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Old Quebec is part of the Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire district in the borough ...
The history of Quebec City extends back thousands of years, with its first inhabitants being the First Nations peoples of the region. The arrival of French explorers in the 16th century eventually led to the establishment of Quebec City, in present-day Quebec, Canada. The city is one of the oldest European settlements in North America, with the ...
The official name of Quebec City is Québec (with an acute accent ), in both official languages of Canada ( Canadian English and Canadian French alike). This name is used by both the federal and provincial governments. The acute accent differentiates between the official English name of the city named Québec, and the constitutional English ...
The City Hall of Quebec City ( French: Hôtel de ville de Québec) is the seat of local government in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was inaugurated on September 15, 1896 in the Old Quebec neighbourhood. The building slopes downward as it was built on a hill and was once home to the Jesuit College (Jesuit Barracks) from the 1730s to 1878.
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on es.wikipedia.org Bandera de la Ciudad de Quebec; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Drapeau de Québec; Drapeau du Québec; Usage on tr.wikipedia.org Québec Şehri bayrağı
This is the list of communities in Quebec that have the legal status of village municipalities (village, code=VL) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. This does not include Cree villages (code=VC), Naskapi villages (code=VK), or Northern villages (Inuit, code=VN), which have a separate legal status.
Dictionnaire historique du français québécois. The Dictionnaire historique du français québécois (English: Historical Dictionary of Quebec French) is a book published by the Trésor de la langue française au Québec project, under the direction of Claude Poirier. The book was first published in 1998 by les Presses de l'Université Laval .