Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Saint -Augustin -de- Desmaures is a city in the south of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, 23 km west of the center of the provincial capital of Quebec. The city is part of the agglomeration of Quebec, has an area of ​​85.76 km ² and has 18,141 inhabitants ( 2011). From 2002 to 2006 Saint -Augustin -de- Desmaures was a borough of Quebec City.

Geography

Saint -Augustin -de- Desmaures located on the northern shore of the St. Lawrence River. The more than 12 km long shore area is not overbuilt. At a length of nearly 10 km, it is a nature reserve and is significantly influenced by the effects of the tides. Along the banks of a several dozen meters high escarpment pulls. The development is focused on the north of the escarpment location, expansive level. Limits this is the east by the Lac Saint -Augustin, a 2.3 km long and 400 m wide lake. In the north of the city have turned foothills of the Laurentian mountains rise.

Neighboring municipalities of Sainte -Catherine -de- la -Jacques -Cartier in the north, Quebec to the east, Lévis in the south ( on the opposite side of the St. Lawrence River ), Neuville in the west and Pont Rouge in the northwest.

History

1647 Jean Juchereau de Maur and Noël Juchereau Deschatelets brothers received the Seigneurie west of the Rivière du Cap- Rouge awarded. They came from La Ferté- Vidame, which is close to the Sanctuary of Saint -Maur is located. 1691 Parish of Saint -Augustin was founded when the Seigneurie owned by the former governor Augustin de Saffray de Mézy was. The first part of the name thus refers to him, but also to St. Augustine of Hippo; the addition Desmaures evolved from the family name de Maur. With the 1737 finished Chemin du Roy was the first time a road link with the cities of Quebec and Montreal. A year after the abolition of the seigneurial regime in 1855, the founding of the church. The highway construction and the establishment of an extensive industrial parks from the 1970s led to a significant increase in population.

The provincial government ordered the merger of Saint -Augustin 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, 61.8 % 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 and received at the same time the city status, but was forced to cede to the Association of Municipalities of Quebec agglomeration some skills.

Population

According to the 2011 census counted Saint -Augustin -de- Desmaures 18,141 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 211.5 inh. / Km ². 96.6 % of the population reported French as the main language, the proportion of English was 1.5%. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 0.4 %, to other languages ​​and multiple responses accounted for 1.5%. Only 54.8 % spoke French. In 2001, 93.6 % of the population were Roman Catholic, 1.4% Protestant, and 4.8% non-denominational.

Traffic

Due to the metropolitan area leads the Autoroute 40, the highway between the cities of Quebec and Montreal. The route 138, a national main road connecting these two cities also. There are two railway lines in the direction of Montreal and La Tuque, however, are reserved for the freight. Several bus lines of the company Réseau de transport de la Capitale tap into the urban area.