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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pont-Rouge
| official_name =
| settlement_type = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
| image_skyline = Moulin Marcoux.jpg
| imagesize =
| image_caption = Moulin Marcoux
| image_flag =
| image_seal =
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map = Pont-Rouge Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within Portneuf RCM.
| pushpin_map = Canada Central Quebec
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in central Quebec.
| coordinates = {{coord|46|45|N|71|42|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Capitale-Nationale]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Portneuf Regional County Municipality|Portneuf]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = January 3, 1996
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/>
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Mario Dupont
| leader_title1 = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1 = [[Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2 = [[Portneuf (provincial electoral district)|Portneuf]]
| area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="cp2021"/>
| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 123.40
| area_land_km2 = 121.12
| area_water_km2 =
| area_water_percent =
| elevation_m = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2021">{{cite web |url= https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Pont-Rouge&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052434017 |title= 2021 Community profiles - Pont-Rouge|accessdate=2022-03-25 |author= Statistics Canada|date= February 9, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total = 10121
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 83.6
| population_urban =
| population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 9.5%
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 4344
| population_note = 
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code = [[List of G postal codes of Canada|G3H]]
| area_code = [[Area codes 418 and 581|418 and 581]]
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|358}} {{jct|state=QC|QC|365}}
| website = {{URL|www.ville.pontrouge.qc.ca|www.ville. pontrouge.qc.ca}}
| footnotes =
}}


'''Pont-Rouge''' ({{IPA|fr|pɔ̃ ʁuʒ}}, {{lit|Red Bridge}}) is a Canadian city along the [[Jacques-Cartier River]] in southern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. In the [[Canada 2021 Census]] the population was 10,121 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Pont-Rouge&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052434017 |title = Census subdivision of Pont-Rouge, V (Quebec) - Census Subdivisions - Focus on Geography Series - Census 2021|date = 2012-02-08}}</ref>

==History==
The first efforts to colonise the area came around 1769.

On April 15, 1867, the archbishop of Quebec, [[Charles-François Baillargeon]], founded the parish
of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Neuville from portions of Cap-Santé, Saint-Basile, and Neuville. After the separation of the parish in two in 1911 (the village of Pont-Rouge and the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge), the new City of Pont-Rouge was established when these two municipalities merged on January 3, 1996.

Transportation had considerable influence on the development of the parish, mainly the two bridges and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge in 1874. The Royal Bridge (now called Pont Déry), was reconstructed several times because of the weakness of the centre of the bridge. This bridge served its purpose for the transportation of heavy loads and mail between Quebec and Montreal. The bridge was a toll bridge, and the money served the construction of a second bridge ''le pont Rouge'', which was free. It united the western part to the eastern part of Dupont Street, named in honour of Father Charles-François Dupont, who was priest there from 1917 to 1933. A newer bridge has now replaced this bridge as of 2009.

==Geography==
The [[Jacques-Cartier River]] runs through the municipality from north-east to south-east and forms its boundary. The [[Rivière aux Pommes]], a tributary of the Jacques-Cartier River, flows through the municipality from south-east to south-west. The [[Noire River (rivière aux Pommes)|Noire River]] crosses the south-east and flows south-west.

== Demographics ==
[[Image:Pont-Rouge2.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Pont-Rouge railroad bridge over the Jacques-Cartier River]]
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Pont-Rouge had a population of {{val|10121|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|4178|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|4344|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:10121-9240}}|9240|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|9240|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|121.12|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10121|121.12|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

Population trend:<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref>
* Population in 2021: 10121 (2016 to 2021 population change: 9.5%)
* Population in 2016: 9240
* Population in 2011: 8723
* Population in 2006: 7518
* Population in 2001: 7146

Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 1.0%
* French as first language: 97.5%
* English and French as first language: 0.6%
* Other as first language: 0.8%

==Government==

{|class="wikitable"
|+ '''List of successive mayors'''
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" style="background:#ddffdd;" | Period
! scope="col" style="background:#ddffdd;" | Name
|-
| 2021 || || Mario Dupont
|-
| 2013 || 2021 || Ghislain Langlais
|-
| 2005 || 2013 || Claude Bégin
|-
| 1996 || 2005 || Paul-Eugène Parent
|-
| 1973 || 1996 || Marcel Bédard
|-
| 1967 || 1973 || Albert Picher
|-
| 1965 || 1967 || Louis Piché
|-
| 1964 || 1965 || Léopold Bussières
|-
| 1961 || 1964 || Clément Vaugeois
|-
| 1941 || 1961 || Joseph-Alfred Leclerc
|-
| 1929 || 1941 || Edward Hamel
|-
| 1925 || 1929 || Joseph Arthus Bussières
|-
| 1921 || 1925 || Edward Hamel
|-
| 1919 || 1921 || Arthur Galarneau
|-
| 1917 || 1919 || Thomas Savary
|-
| 1916 || 1917 || Louis-Georges Bussières
|-
| 1915 || 1916 || Napoleon Larue
|-
| 1911 || 1915 || Arthur Galarneau
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=municipalite |34017}}</ref>
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |313056}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Pont-Rouge}}

 
{{Geographic location
| title = <big>Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions</big>
| Centre = Pont-Rouge
| Northeast = [[Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier]]
| North = [[Saint-Raymond, Quebec|Saint-Raymond]]
| East =
| Southeast = [[Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures]]
| South = [[Neuville, Quebec|Neuville]], [[Donnacona, Quebec|Donnacona]]
| Southwest = [[Cap-Santé, Quebec|Cap-Santé]]
| West = [[Saint-Basile, Quebec|Saint-Basile]]
| Northwest =
|
}}
 
{{Portneuf RCM|state=expanded}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale]]

Pont-Rouge - Revision history

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