Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
| Communauté métropolitaine de Québec Québec Metropolitan Community | ||
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| Metropolitan area | ||
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Satellite image of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec | ||
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  Communauté métropolitaine de Québec Location in central Quebec | ||
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°13′W / 46.817°N 71.217°W | ||
| Country |
 Canada | |
| Province |
 Quebec | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 3,349.12 km2 (1,293.10 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[1] | ||
| • Total | 765,706 | |
| • Density | 228.6/km2 (592/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Postal code prefixes | G | |
| Area code(s) | 819, 873 | |
The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.
Predecessor
From 1970 to 2001,[2] the Communauté urbaine de Québec governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore:
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In the years following the establishing of the CUQ, various changes occurred among the constituent municipalities:
- in 1970, Duberger and Les Saules amalgamated with Quebec
- in 1971, Neufchâtel amalgamated with Quebec, and the Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette amalgamated with Sainte-Foy
- in 1973, Charlesbourg-Ouest amalgamated with Quebec
- in 1974, Bélair and Val-St-Michel amalgamated to form Val-Bélair
- in 1976, Charlesbourg-Est, Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides and Orsainville amalgamated with Charlesbourg
- in 1976, Courville, Giffard, Montmorency, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux and Villeneuve, together with Saint-Michel-Archange, amalgamated with Beauport
- in 1983, Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge changed its name to Cap-Rouge
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Québec
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Lévis
Formation
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Boroughs of Quebec City prior to October 31, 2009.
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Boroughs of Quebec City, effective November 1, 2009.
The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002.
Quebec was amalgamated with the cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. In the 2006 demerger, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures regained separate status.
Lévis was amalgamated with Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Romuald, Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.
| Regional county municipality or urban agglomeration(where applicable) | In Metropolitan Community | In CMA only |
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| Urban agglomeration of Quebec City | ||
| Lévis (Equivalent territory)[a 4] | ||
| Bellechasse Regional County Municipality | ||
| La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality | ||
| L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality | ||
| La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality | ||
| La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality | ||
| Portneuf Regional County Municipality | ||
- ↑ subdivided into the boroughs of Beauport, Charlesbourg, La Cité-Limoilou, La Haute-Saint-Charles, Les Rivières and Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
- ↑ enclave within the borough of La Cité-Limoilou, not part of the urban agglomeration
- ↑ Huron-Wendat reserve, an enclave within the borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles, not part of the urban agglomeration
- ↑ subdivided into the boroughs of Desjardins, Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 not part of the CMA
References
- 1 2 "Census Profile - Quebec Census Metropolitan Area". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ↑ "Communauté urbaine de Québec". Public Works and Government Services Canada.
- ↑ Bureau de la statistique du Québec, ed. (1971). Annuaire du Québec 1971 (in French) (51st ed.). Éditeur officiel du Québec. p. 27.
- ↑ "Territoire de la CMQ et de la RMR de Québec" (in French). Communauté métropolitaine de Québec. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Geographic hierarchy: Québec (Census metropolitan area)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
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