Quebec City, Quebec{{Canadian City| Reference Name=Ville de Québec, Québec| Header Format=Custom Flag and Coat of Arms| Flag Image=quebeccityflag.gif| Coat Image=quebeccitycoa.jpg| Location Image Type=Custom| Location Image=Queque.JPG| Motto=Don de Dieu feray valoir<br><small>(I shall put God's gift to good use)</small>| Latitude Longitude=| CCMapSource=coor br|d1=46|m1=50|d2=71|m2=15|EP=| Elevation=?| Time zone=EST| Postal Code=| Population description= - City (2001)<br> - Census division|CD Rank <br> - Municipal Rank| Population=507,986<br>Ranked 10th<br>List of the 100 largest cities in Canada|Ranked 9th| Population Density=927.6| Area=547.63| City Mayor=Jean-Paul L'Allier| Governing Body=Quebec City Council <tr><td align = "center" colspan = "2"> Canadian House of Commons|MPs</td></tr> <tr><td align = "center" colspan = "2"> Roger Clavet, Bernard Cleary, Guy Côté, Christiane Gagnon, Michel Guimond, Richard Marceau, Christian Simard</td></tr> <tr><td align = "center" colspan = "2">National Assembly of Quebec|MNAs</td></tr> <tr><td align = "center" colspan = "2">Raymond Bernier, Margaret F. Delisle, Michel Després, Sam Hamad, France Hamel, Sylvain Légaré, Agnès Maltais, Éric R. Mercier, Sarah Perreault</td></tr>| website=[http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/accueil/index.shtml Ville de Québec]| Census Year=2001| Extra references=None| }} '''Quebec City''' (officially, ''Québec''), is the capital of the Canada|Canadian province of Quebec. Quebec's Old Town (''Vieux Québec''), the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist, was declared a World Heritage Site by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO in 1985. The city has a population of 169,076 (2001), while the metropolitan area has a population of 682,757 (2001). To differentiate between Quebec the city and Quebec the province, the city is referred to as ''Quebec City''. In French, the province is called ''le Québec'' ("in Quebec" = ''au Québec'') while the city is simply ''Québec'' without the ''le''. "In Quebec City" is ''à Québec''. Officially, the city is called ''Québec'' (with an acute accent, no "city") by both the provincial and federal governments in both languages. The mayor of Quebec City is Jean-Paul L'Allier. == Geography == ''See also: List of Quebec City borroughs.'' 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. The thinness of the strait between Quebec City and Levis, Quebec|Lévis on the opposite shore give the city and consequently the province its name (''kebek'' is an Algonquian word for "narrow passage"). Image:Quebecfml1.JPG|thumb|left|260px|View of Quebec City with the Château Frontenac at upper left == Attractions == Quebec City's skyline is dominated by the massive Château Frontenac hotel, perched on top of Cap Diamant. The hotel is on the Terrasse Dufferin, a walkway along the edge of the cliff, offering beautiful views of the Saint Lawrence. Near the Château Frontenac is Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral, see of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec|Archbishop of Quebec. It is the first cathedral and first basilica to have been built in the New World, and is the primate (religion)|primate church of Canada. The Terrasse Dufferin leads toward the nearby Plains of Abraham, site of the battle in which the United Kingdom|British took Quebec from France, and the Citadel of Quebec, a Canadian Forces installation and vice-regal residence. The National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly, Quebec's provincial legislature, is also near the Citadelle. Image:Quebecfml3.JPG|thumb|right|View of St. Lawrence River, Orlean's Island and Laurentides Mountaines The Upper Town is linked by stairways and a funicular to the Lower Town, which includes such sites as the ancient Notre Dame des Victoires church, the historical Petit Champlain district, the port, and the Musée de la Civilisation. Laval University is located in the western end of the city. The central campus of the Université du Québec is also located in Quebec City. Quebec City is known for its Quebec City Winter Carnival|Winter Carnival and for its Fete_nationale_du_Quebec|Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations. Tourist attractions located near Quebec City include Montmorency Falls and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. image:Quebecfml2.JPG|thumb|right|View of the fortifications of the Citadelle with the National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly behind ==Transportation== Quebec City is served by Jean Lesage International Airport, which is located in the borough of Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy. The city also has a seaport|port on the Saint Lawrence. Two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and Pierre Laporte Bridge, connect the city with the south shore of the Saint Lawrence, as does a ferry service. The city is served by VIA Rail (Gare du Palais), and is the eastern terminus of the railway's main Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The ''[http://www.stcuq.qc.ca/ Réseau de transport de la Capitale]'' is responsible of the public transportation by bus. == History == Quebec City is the second oldest extant European settlement in Canada. It was founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608 on the site of a First Nations settlement called Stadacona. It was to this settlement that the name Canada refers (''kanata'' is an Iroquoian word meaning "village"). Quebec City was captured by the British in 1629 and held until 1632. As mentioned above, this city was the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years War, in which British troops under General James Wolfe defeated the French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and took the city. France later ceded New France to Britain. Image:Quebecfml4.JPG|thumb|left|View of the St. Denis Street and the Old Quebec During the American Revolution, the British garrison at Quebec City was assaulted by American troops in the Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec. The defeat of the Americans put an end to their hopes that Canada would also rebel. Quebec City was capital of Canada from 1859 to 1865, the last before Ottawa. The Quebec Conference, 1864|Quebec Conference on Canadian Confederation was held here. Image:Quebec City Map 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Map of Quebec City from 1906 In World War II two conferences were held in Quebec City. The first one was held in 1943 with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (United States' president), Winston Churchill (United Kingdom's prime minister), Mackenzie King (Canada's prime minister) and T.V. Soong. (China's minister of foreign affairs). The second one was held in 1944 and was attended by Churchill and Roosevelt. They took place in the buildings of the Citadelle and of nearby Chateau Frontenac.  In April 2001, Quebec City hosted the Quebec City Summit of the Americas|Summit of the Americas to discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas; it also hosted massive anti-globalization movement|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. Police forces were widely accused of excessive use of force during the demonstrations. On January 1, 2002, Quebec City and 12 other municipalities of the Communauté urbaine de Québec were merged into to the new Quebec City "megacity," which is divided into 8 boroughs: <table align = center width = 75% border = 1> <tr bgcolor = "6666FF"><td align = center>'''Borough'''<td align = center>'''Former Cities''' <tr><td>La Cité<td>Quebec City <tr><td>Les Rivières<td>Quebec City, Vanier, Quebec|Vanier <tr><td>Sainte-Foy--Sillery<td>Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Quebec|Sillery <tr><td>Charlesbourg<td>Charlesbourg, Quebec|Charlesbourg <tr><td>Beauport<td>Beauport, Quebec|Beauport <tr><td>Limoilou<td>Quebec City <tr><td>La Haute-Saint-Charles<td>Lac-Saint-Charles, Quebec|Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Quebec|Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Quebec|Saint-Émile, Quebec City <tr><td>Laurentien<td>Val-Bélair, Quebec|Val-Bélair, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec|Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Cap-Rouge, Quebec|Cap-Rouge, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec|L'Ancienne-Lorette, Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy </table> Residents of Quebec City are called ''Québécois''. To avoid confusion with ''Quebecois|Québécois'' meaning an inhabitant of the province, the term ''Québécois de Québec'' is sometimes used (as opposed to ''Québécois du Québec'' - in French, the city is ''Québec'' and the province, ''le Québec''.) The motto of Quebec City is ''Don de Dieu feray valoir,'' "I shall put God's gift to good use." ==Sports Teams== Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Quebec Radio X of the North American Hockey League Capitales de Québec of the Can-Am League ===Former Teams=== Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League Quebec Citadelles of the American Hockey League ==See also== * List of cities in Canada * List of communities in Quebec *Timeline of Quebec history ==External links== * Quebec City Guide : http://www.telegraphe.com *[http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/accueil/index.shtml Ville de Québec (English)] * Québec City Newspapers : [http://www.journaldequebec.com/ Le Journal de Québec], [http://lesoleil.cyberpresse.ca/ Le Soleil de Québec], [http://www.voir.ca/une.aspx?zone=2 Voir] * Quebec Restaurants Guide : http://www.restobooking.com <table width = 75% border = 2 align="center"> <tr> <td width = 10% align="center">'''North-West:''' Saint-Raymond, Quebec|Saint-Raymond</td> <td width = 30% align="center">'''North:''' Shannon, Quebec|Shannon, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Stoneham-et-Tewksbury, Lac-Beauport</td> <td width = 35% align="center"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width = 10% align="center">'''West:''' Saint-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Pont-Rouge, Neuville</td> <td width = 35% align="center">'''Quebec City'''</td> <td width = 30% align="center">'''East:''' Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Boischatel</td> </tr> <tr> <td width = 35% align="center"> <td width = 30% align="center">'''South:''' Levis, Quebec|Levis, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Ile-d'Orleans</td> <td width = 35% align="center"> </tr> </table> {{Canada capitals}} {{Capitale-Nationale}} Category:Quebec City Category:Cities in Quebec Category:World Heritage Sites in Canada af:Québec (stad) de:Québec (Stadt) es:Ciudad de Quebec eo:Kebeko fr:Québec (ville) ja:ケベック市 pl:Quebec (miasto) pt:Quebeque (cidade) sv:Quebec, Quebec vi:Québec First page | Prev | Next | Last page |

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