Jonquière
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Jonquière (; ; 2021 population: 60,250) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saguenay River, near the borough of Chicoutimi.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1847 establishments in Canada, 2002 disestablishments in Quebec and Boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jonquière
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Borough
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Jonquiere MontJacob.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A view of Jonquière
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Saguenay- Jonquière.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Jonquière in red
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Saguenay
- Settlement.leader_title
- Borough president
- Settlement.leader_name
- Carl Dufour
- Settlement.website
- Borough Council of Jonquière
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Jonquière
- Official website
- ville.saguenay.ca/la-ville-et-vie-democratique/services-municipaux/bureaux-darrondissement/bureau-darrondissement-de-jonquiere
- Image
- Jonquiere MontJacob.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jonquière
- inception
- 1847-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Jonquière (; ; 2021 population: 60,250) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saguenay River, near the borough of Chicoutimi.
==History== left|323x323px|Pulp and paper mills in Jonquière, c. 1899–1901|thumb Jonquière was founded in 1847 by Marguerite Belley, who came from La Malbaie to settle on the Rivière aux Sables. It was named after Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, governor of New France from 1749 to 1752.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonquière” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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