L'Ancienne-Lorette
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | |||
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 Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Capitale-Nationale | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Quebec agglomeration | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 48 ′ N , 71 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 20 m | ||
| Area : | 7.63 km² | ||
| Residents : | 16,745 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2,194.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 23057 | ||
| Postal code : | G2E | ||
| Area code : | +1 418 | ||
| Mayor : | Émile Loranger | ||
| Website : | www.lancienne-lorette.org | ||
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L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in the south of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the administrative region Capitale-Nationale , 15 km west of the center of the provincial capital Québec . The city is part of the Québec agglomeration , has an area of 7.63 km² and a population of 16,745 (2011). From 2002 to 2006, L'Ancienne-Lorette was a district of Québec.
geography
L'Ancienne-Lorette is completely enclosed by the area of the city of Québec, making it an enclave . Adjacent arrondissements are La Haute-Saint-Charles in the north, Les Rivières in the east and Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge in the south and west. The terrain is largely flat and is drained in a south-easterly direction by the strongly meandering Rivière Lorette.
history
The Jesuit father Pierre Chaumonot built a chapel for the Wyandot in 1674 on the site of the present cemetery . They had fled here a year earlier during a war against the Iroquois . Since Chaumonot had been cured of a serious illness after a pilgrimage to Loreto , he named the chapel after this Italian place. In 1697 the Wyandot moved a few kilometers further north and founded the settlement Nouvelle-Lorette (New Loreto), today's Wendake . At the old location, now called Vieille-Lorette or Ancienne-Lorette (Alt-Loreto), French colonists settled instead. The small village was predominantly agricultural for more than two centuries. In 1948 the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette was founded. The opening of the nearby Québec Airport in 1957 resulted in a marked increase in population. The community received city status in 1967 and is renamed L'Ancienne-Lorette.
The provincial government ordered the merger of L'Ancienne-Lorette and other municipalities with the city of Québec , which came into effect on January 1, 2002. Saint-Augustin was now part of the Laurentien arrondissement of the city of Québec. This approach met with great resistance from the population. In a referendum on January 20, 2004, 61.4% of the voters were in favor of the separation, although the required quorum of 35% yes-votes of all voters was only slightly exceeded. The community was re-established on January 1, 2006, but had to cede some competencies to the community association of the agglomeration of Québec . Since then it has also been part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec association .
population
According to the 2011 census, L'Ancienne-Lorette had 16,745 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 2194.6 inh / km². 96.6% of the population stated French as their main language, while English made up 1.3%. 0.4% said they were bilingual (French and English), 1.7% accounted for other languages and multiple answers. Only French spoke 65.5%. In 2001, 95.0% of the population were Roman Catholic , 1.1% Protestant and 3.4% non-denominational.
traffic
Two motorways meet directly on the northeastern city limits, Autoroute 40 and Autoroute 573 . The national main road Route 138 runs in the south of the city . Québec Airport is located west of the city limits . L'Ancienne-Lorette is served by several bus routes operated by the Réseau de transport de la Capitale company .
Personalities
- Wilfrid Hamel (1895–1968), politician
- Antoine Plamondon (1804–1895), painter
- Mario Marois (* 1957), ice hockey player
- Patrice Bergeron (* 1985), ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'Ancienne-Lorette. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed January 23, 2014 (French).
- ↑ L'histoire de L'Ancienne-Lorette. (No longer available online.) City of L'Ancienne-Lorette, archived from the original on February 3, 2014 ; Retrieved January 23, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Référendums du 20 juin 2004. Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed on January 23, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the commune of L'Ancienne-Lorette. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed January 23, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Population profile of the commune of L'Ancienne-Lorette. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed January 23, 2014 (French).
