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Saguenay
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city in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
Saguenay is a city located in the Quebec province of Canada. It serves as an important urban center in the Saguenay region of the province.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Saguenay River
- Official name
- Saguenay
- Demonym
- Saguenéenne
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Contains
- Jonquière
- Population
- 148886
- Area
- 1136
- Elevation
- 166
- Body of water
- Saguenay River
- Capital of
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Shares border with
- Saint-Honoré
- Official website
- ville.saguenay.ca
- Image
- Ville saguenay montage.jpg
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- owner of
- Centre Georges-Vézina
- topic's main category
- Category:Saguenay, Quebec
- Commons category
- Saguenay, Quebec
- category for people born here
- Q18857634
- inception
- 2002-02-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saguenay, Quebec
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1423204
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Encyclopedic overview
Saguenay (/ˈsæɡəneɪ, ˌsæɡəˈneɪ/ SAG-ə-nay, -NAY, French: [saɡnɛ], locally [-ne]) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about 126 kilometres (78 mi) upriver and northwest of Tadoussac, located at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River. It was formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the town of La Baie. Chicoutimi was founded by French colonists in 1676. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 148,000 and the metropolitan area had a population of 170,000.
The city of Saguenay constitutes a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE); its geographical code is 941. Together with the regional county municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, it forms the census division (CD) of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (94). The mayor of Saguenay since 2025 is Luc Boivin. Prior to its use as the name of the city, the term "the Saguenay" or (less commonly) "Saguenay Valley" had already been used for the entire Saguenay River region (see Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean). Saguenay is the seat of the judicial district of Chicoutimi.
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