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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jonquière
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Borough
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- File:Jonquiere MontJacob.jpg
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- A view of Jonquière
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- File:Saguenay- Jonquière.png
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- Jonquière in red
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- Country
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- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
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- 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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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.
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