L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec

L'Ancienne -Lorette is a city in the south of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, 15 km west of the center of the provincial capital of Quebec. The city is part of the agglomeration of Quebec, has an area of ​​7.63 km ² and has a population of 16,745 ( 2011). From 2002 to 2006 L'Ancienne- Lorette was a borough of Quebec City.

Geography

L'Ancienne -Lorette is completely surrounded by the territory of the city of Québec and thus an enclave. Adjacent arrondissements are La Haute -Saint -Charles in the north, Les Rivières, in the East and Sainte -Foy- Sillery -Cap- Rouge in the south and west. The terrain is mostly flat and is drained in a south-easterly direction through the strongly meandering Rivière Lorette.

History

The Jesuit Father Pierre Chaumonot built in 1674 on the site of the present cemetery, a chapel for the Wyandot. These were a year earlier fled during a war against the Iroquois here. Since Chaumonot was healed after a pilgrimage to Loreto from a serious illness, he named the chapel after this Italian place. 1697 attracted the Wyandot a few kilometers further north and founded the settlement of Nouvelle- Lorette ( New Loreto ), today Wendake. The old location, now Vieille -Lorette or Ancienne -Lorette (Alt - Loreto ) was called, French colonists settled instead. The small village was more than two centuries predominantly agricultural. In 1948, the founding of the church Notre -Dame-de -Lorette. The opening of the nearby airport Québec in 1957 led to a sharp population growth. The community received the 1967 city status and named by L' Ancienne -Lorette.

The provincial government ordered the merger of L'Ancienne -Lorette and other communities with the city of Quebec, which came into force on 1 January 2002. Saint -Augustin was now part of the arrondissement Laurentien of the city of Québec. This approach came in the population at large resistance. In a referendum on 20 January 2004, 61.4 % of voters were in favor of the separation, the required quorum of 35 % of the votes of all voting was only exceeded scarce. The community was re-established on 1 January 2006, but was forced to cede some powers to the Association of Municipalities of agglomeration Québec.

Population

According to the 2011 census counted L'Ancienne- Lorette 16,745 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 2194.6 inh. / Km ². 96.6 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 1.3 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 0.4 %, to other languages ​​and multiple responses accounted for 1.7%. Only 65.5 % spoke French. In 2001, 95.0 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 1.1% Protestant, and 3.4% non-denominational.

Traffic

Immediately to the north-eastern city limits meet two highways, the Autoroute 40 and Autoroute 573 to the south of the city on the main regional road Route 138 runs west of the city border is the site of Quebec City airport. L'Ancienne -Lorette is accessible by several bus lines of the company Réseau de transport de la Capitale.

Personalities

  • Wilfrid Hamel (1895-1968), politician
  • Antoine Plamondon (1804-1895), painter
  • Patrice Bergeron ( born 1985 ), ice hockey player
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