Pont-Rouge

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Pont-Rouge
City
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Moulin Marcoux
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Location within Portneuf RCM.
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Pont-Rouge
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°45′N71°42′W / 46.750°N 71.700°W / 46.750; -71.700 Coordinates: 46°45′N71°42′W / 46.750°N 71.700°W / 46.750; -71.700 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Capitale-Nationale
RCM Portneuf
ConstitutedJanuary 3, 1996
Government
[2]
 • MayorMario Dupont
 •  Federal riding Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
 •  Prov. riding Portneuf
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total123.40 km2 (47.65 sq mi)
 • Land121.12 km2 (46.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total10,121
 • Density83.6/km2 (217/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase2.svg 9.5%
 • Dwellings
4,344
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G3H
Area code(s) 418 and 581
HighwaysQc358.svg Route 358
Qc365.svg Route 365
Website www.ville.
pontrouge.qc.ca

Pont-Rouge is a city along the Jacques-Cartier River in southern Quebec, Canada. In the Canada 2021 Census the population was 10,121 inhabitants. [4]

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History

The first efforts to colonise the area came around 1769.

On April 15, 1867, the archbishop of Quebec, Charles-François Baillargeon, founded the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Neuville from portions of Cap-Santé, Saint-Basile, and Neuville. After the separation of the parish in two in 1911 (the village of Pont-Rouge and the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge), the new City of Pont-Rouge was established when these two municipalities merged on January 3, 1996.

Transportation had considerable influence on the development of the parish, mainly the two bridges and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge in 1874. The Royal Bridge (now called Pont Déry), was reconstructed several times because of the weakness of the centre of the bridge. This bridge served its purpose for the transportation of heavy loads and mail between Quebec and Montreal. The bridge was a toll bridge, and the money served the construction of a second bridge le pont Rouge, which was free. It united the western part to the eastern part of Dupont Street, named in honour of Father Charles-François Dupont, who was priest there from 1917 to 1933. A newer bridge has now replaced this bridge as of 2009.

Demographics

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Pont-Rouge railroad bridge over the Jacques-Cartier River

Population trend: [5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 4178 (total dwellings: 4344)

Mother tongue:

Administration

List of successive mayors
PeriodName
2013Ghislain Langlais
20052013Claude Bégin
19962005Paul-Eugène Parent
19731996Marcel Bédard
19671973Albert Picher
19651967Louis Piché
19641965Léopold Bussières
19611964Clément Vaugeois
19411961Joseph-Alfred Leclerc
19291941Edward Hamel
19251929Joseph Arthus Bussières
19211925Edward Hamel
19191921Arthur Galarneau
19171919Thomas Savary
19161917Louis-Georges Bussières
19151916Napoleon Larue
19111915Arthur Galarneau

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References

  1. ↑ "Reference number 313056 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Geographic code 34017 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "2021 Community profiles - Pont-Rouge" . Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Census subdivision of Pont-Rouge, V (Quebec) - Census Subdivisions - Focus on Geography Series - Census 2021". 2012-02-08.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census



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