La Tuque, Quebec

La Tuque is a city (Ville ) in the Mauricie administrative region of the Canadian province of Quebec.

It lies on the River Saint- Maurice. The city was founded in 1850. Your current size she received through the merging of some villages in 2003. The old La Tuque was there with about 12,000 inhabitants, is the largest. La Tuque is connected to the railway network of VIA Rail Canada.

The Agglomà de La Tuque includes not only the city of La Tuque nor the municipalities of La Bostonnais and Lac- Édouard. It forms a territorial equivalent of a county community.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Félix Leclerc, singer, musician and actor
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