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Québec City

Quebec
City
Québec
Skyline of Quebec
Flag of Quebec
Flag
Coat of arms of Quebec
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): "La Vieille Capitale"
Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir
("I shall put God's gift to good use"; the Don de Dieu was Champlain's ship)
Quebec city map, Canada
Quebec city map, Canada
Quebec is located in Canada
Quebec
Quebec
Quebec is located in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec
Location of Quebec City in Canada
Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°13′W / 46.817°N 71.217°W / 46.817; -71.217Coordinates: 46°49′N 71°13′W / 46.817°N 71.217°W / 46.817; -71.217
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Capitale-Nationale
Metropolitan community Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
Agglomeration Agglomeration of Quebec City
First settled 11 October 1535, by Jacques Cartier
Founded 3 July 1608, by Samuel de Champlain
Constituted 1 January 2002
Boroughs
Government
 • Type Quebec City Council
 • Mayor Régis Labeaume
 • MPs
 • MNAs
Area
 • City 484.10 km2 (186.91 sq mi)
 • Land 454.10 km2 (175.33 sq mi)
 • Metro 3,349.12 km2 (1,293.10 sq mi)
Elevation 98 m (322 ft)
Population (2011)
 • City 516,622 (11th)
 • Density 1,137.7/km2 (2,947/sq mi)
 • Metro 765,706 (7th)
 • Metro density 228.6/km2 (592/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 5.2%
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G1A to G2N
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/index.aspx

Quebec City (French: Ville de Québec) (pronounced Listeni/kwˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/;French: Québec [kebɛk]), (officially Québec) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. In 2015 the city had a population estimate of 540,994, and the metropolitan area had a population of 806,400, making it Canada's seventh-largest metropolitan area and Quebec's second-largest city after Montreal, which is about 260 kilometres (160 mi) to the southwest, respectively.

According to the Government of Canada, the Government of Quebec, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, and the Geographical Names Board of Canada, the names of Canadian cities and towns have only one official form. Thus, Québec is officially spelled with an accented é in both Canadian English and French, although the accent is often not used in common English usage. In English, the city and the province are formally distinguished by the fact that the province does not have an accented é while the city does, while informally the form "Quebec City" is frequently (although unofficially) used to distinguish the city from the province.


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