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Ancienne-Lorette

L'Ancienne-Lorette
City
Ancienne Lorette church 1.jpg
Location within Quebec TE.
Location within Quebec TE.
L'Ancienne-Lorette is located in Southern Quebec
L'Ancienne-Lorette
L'Ancienne-Lorette
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°48′N 71°21′W / 46.800°N 71.350°W / 46.800; -71.350Coordinates: 46°48′N 71°21′W / 46.800°N 71.350°W / 46.800; -71.350
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Capitale-Nationale
RCM None
Agglomeration Quebec City
Settled 1674
Constituted January 1, 2006
Government
 • Mayor Émile Loranger
 • Federal riding Louis-Saint-Laurent
 • Prov. riding La Peltrie
Area
 • Total 7.70 km2 (2.97 sq mi)
 • Land 7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 16,745
 • Density 2,193.6/km2 (5,681/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.4%
 • Dwellings 7,183
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G2E
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 138
Website www.lancienne-lorette.org

L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within Quebec City. It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 as part of a 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, but after a 2004 referendum it was reconstituted as a separate city on January 1, 2006.

Its history dates back to 1674 when a group of Hurons fleeing war with the Iroquois settled there under the protection of the French. They left after a few decades and French settlers took over the land.

A colony started when the Jesuit Pierre Chaumonot in 1674 when he built a chapel for the Hurons. Following his third and final trip to the shrine of Loreto in Italy, Chaumonot was cured of a terrible headache. In gratitude, he placed the colony under the patronage of Our Lady of the Annunciation, but it is still commonly called Lorette.

In 1697, the Hurons left in search of better land for hunting and fishing. Afterwards the site became known as Vieille-Lorette ("Old Loreto") or Ancienne-Lorette ("Former Loreto"). A new location became known as Nouvelle-Lorette ("New Loreto") or Jeune-Lorette ("Young Loreto"), and roughly corresponds to the Loretteville of today. A year later in 1698, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation was established.

In 1948, the place was incorporated as the village municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. In 1967, it gained town status and was took back its original name, L'Ancienne-Lorette, to distinguish itself from a Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Lac-Saint-Jean region.

Until 1971, L'Ancienne-Lorette was the gateway to Quebec's International Airport, which therefore used to be known as L'Ancienne-Lorette Airport. But in 1971 the rural section of the town that included the airport was annexed by Sainte-Foy.


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