Portneuf | |
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Coordinates: 46°42′N 71°53′W / 46.700°N 71.883°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
RCM | Portneuf |
Settled | 1640 |
Constituted | July 4, 2002 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mario Alain |
• Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
• Prov. riding | Portneuf |
Area | |
• Total | 117.10 km2 (45.21 sq mi) |
• Land | 109.39 km2 (42.24 sq mi) |
Population (2016)
[3] | |
• Total | 3,187 |
• Density | 29.1/km2 (75/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | 2.6% |
• Dwellings | 1,545 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-40 | R-138 |
Website |
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Portneuf is a municipality in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River, between Quebec City and Trois-Rivières. The Portneuf River runs on the east side of the town centre.
The town of Portneuf is named after a seignory that was founded in 1636, and first settled in 1640.
The municipal territory consists of 2 non-contiguous areas, separated by the municipality of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne. The smaller northern portion is undeveloped, whereas the southern piece is the main inhabited part with the population centres of Portneuf (south of Autoroute 40), and the adjacent Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf, north of A-40. The present-day municipality was created in 2002, when the old city of Portneuf merged with the town of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf. [4]
The town is located on the Chemin du Roy, a historic segment of Quebec Route 138 that stretches from near Montreal to Quebec City. The town is also close by to A-40, where Provencher Street connects to the town at Exit 261.
One of Portneuf's major employers is a local paper mill owned by Metro Paper Industries, a Toronto-based paper company. [5] Paper had been a major part of Portneuf's development since the first paper mill opened in 1839. [6]
In 1636, the area was granted by the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France as a seignory to Jacques Leneuf de La Poterie (1606-after 1685), who arrived in Quebec only some months later and became substitute governor of Trois-Rivières from 1645 to 1662. The first colonizers came around 1640 and settled at the mouth of the "Port Neuf" River (meaning new harbour). [1] [7]
In 1817, the Portneuf post office opened. In 1861, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf was formed, and two years later in 1863, it was incorporated as a parish municipality. In 1896, it lost a large portion of its territory when the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Christine was formed. [1]
In 1914, the village centre itself separated from the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf. In 1961, this latter one changed status and abbreviated its name, becoming the City of Portneuf. On July 4, 2002, the parish municipality was amalgamated into the new City of Portneuf. [1] [7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Portneuf had a population of 3,329 living in 1,609 of its 1,696 total private dwellings, a change of 4.5% from its 2016 population of 3,187. With a land area of 109.1 km2 (42.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 30.5/km2 (79.0/sq mi) in 2021. [8]
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