Portneuf, Quebec
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Portneuf (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River, between Quebec City and Trois-Rivières. The Portneuf River runs on the east side of the town centre.
The town of Portneuf is named after a seignory that was founded in 1636, and first settled in 1640.
The municipal territory consists of 2 non-contiguous areas, separated by the municipality of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne. The smaller northern portion is undeveloped, whereas the southern piece is the main inhabited part with the population centres of Portneuf (south of Autoroute 40), and the adjacent Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf, north of A-40. The present-day municipality was created in 2002, when the old city of Portneuf merged with the town of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf.[1]
The town is located on the Chemin du Roy, a historic segment of Quebec Route 138 that stretches from near Montreal to Quebec City. The town is also close by to A-40, where Provencher Street connects to the town at Exit 261.
One of Portneuf's major employers is a local paper mill owned by Metro Paper Industries, a Toronto-based paper company.[2] Paper had been a major part of Portneuf's development since the first paper mill opened in 1839.[3]
History
In 1636, the area was granted by the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France as a seignory to Jacques Leneuf de La Poterie (1606-after 1685), who arrived in Quebec only some months later and became substitute governor of Trois-Rivières from 1645 to 1662. The first colonizers came around 1640 and settled at the mouth of the "Port Neuf" River (meaning new harbour).[4][5]
In 1817, the Portneuf post office opened. In 1861, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf was formed, and two years later in 1863, it was incorporated as a parish municipality. In 1896, it lost a large portion of its territory when the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Christine was formed.[4]
In 1914, the village centre itself separated from the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf. In 1961, this latter one changed status and abbreviated its name, becoming the City of Portneuf. On July 4, 2002, the parish municipality was amalgamated into the new City of Portneuf.[4][5]
Demographics
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Population trend:[7]
- Population in 2021: 3,329 (2016 to 2021 population change: 4.5%)
- Population in 2016: 3,187
- Population in 2011: 3,107
- Population in 2006: 3,086
- Population in 2001: 1,436
- Population in 1996: 1,470
- Population in 1991: 1,394
- Population in 1986: 1,336
- Population in 1981: 1,333
- Population in 1976: 1,320
- Population in 1971: 1,347
- Population in 1966: 1,388
- Population in 1961: 1,380
- Population in 1956: 1,251
- Population in 1951: 1,144
- Population in 1941: 1,015
- Population in 1931: 1,017
- Population in 1921: 877
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 1.5%
- French as first language: 96.5%
- English and French as first language: 0.5%
- Other as first language: 1.4%
Image gallery
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Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church
See also
References
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- ↑ Web page for MPI's Portneuf plant
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- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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External links
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- Municipality of Portneuf Template:In lang
- Portneuf RCM: Info about Portneuf Template:In lang
- photo-portneuf.com: Photos of Portneuf and nearby communities Template:In lang
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