Montmagny, Quebec
Montmagny (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃maɲi]) is a city in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is the county seat and had a population, as of the Canada 2011 Census, of 11,491.
Montmagny | |
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 Saint Thomas Church | |
 Location within Montmagny RCM. | |
  Montmagny Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°59′N 70°33′W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Montmagny |
| Constituted | April 2, 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rémy Langevin |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière- du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 145.00 km2 (55.98 sq mi) |
| • Land | 126.07 km2 (48.68 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,491 |
| • Density | 91.1/km2 (236/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 5,512 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G5V |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  Route 132  Route 228  Route 283 |
| Website | www.ville. montmagny.qc.ca |
The city is on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, east of Quebec City, and was founded more than 350 years ago. It is Canada's Snow Goose Capital, and festivals include the International Accordion Festival in September and the Festival of the Snow Geese in October.
The city was named after Charles de Montmagny, the first to have the title of governor of New France. (Samuel de Champlain was commander in chief.)
Montmagny was the county seat of the former Montmagny County.
Location
Montmagny is northwest of the Notre Dame Mountains, more commonly but unofficially called the Canadian extension of the Green Mountains as they are called in New England. While Mont Notre Dame is the official name, the vast majority of people living in the area stretching from Quebec City to the Gaspé Peninsula refer to them as simply "the Appalachians" (French: les Appalaches), the origin of the official designation of the region comprising Quebec City's South Shore suburbia to the US border to the east and the northeast, which is known as Chaudière-Appalaches, after the mountains and the main river flowing down from them into the St. Lawrence River
The city of Montmagny itself is parted by the South River (French: Rivière du Sud), where a smaller river, Bras-Saint-Nicolas, merges into it. The confluence of waters swells into a set of falls, leading to discharge into the Saint-Lawrence a short distance west of the city.
Montmagny is the seat of the judicial district of Montmagny.[4]
Economy
The industrial sector is the backbone of the economy. However, the city lost many jobs when Whirlpool closed its activities on May 13, 2004, incurring the loss of 600 jobs. The city has rebounded from that period. Textile industry has also made employment for decades. A post-secondary institution, The Centre d'études collégiales de Montmagny, a hospital, named Hôtel-Dieu de Montmagny, and a provincial jail are part of the economy.
Notable people
- Amable Bélanger, iron founder
- Sammy Blais, professional ice hockey left winger
- Gérard Bolduc, founder of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
- Etienne-Paschal Tache, twice Premier of the Province of Canada, President of the Quebec Conference, 1864, considered a Father of Confederation
- Thrulane James Rose, Twice voted Supreme Champion - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) (2008, 2009) among a long list of titles and honours, and one of the most 'highly decorated' dairy cows in North America. The prized Holstein was raised on Pierre Boulet's dairy farm
- Emma Gaudreau Casgrain, first woman to be licensed as a dentist in Canada
Climate
| Climate data for Montmagny | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
0.4 (32.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) |
−10 (14) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−8 (18) |
4.4 (39.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.0 (−34.6) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−32.0 (−25.6) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−32.0 (−25.6) |
−37.0 (−34.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.1 (3.35) |
61.7 (2.43) |
73.3 (2.89) |
81.1 (3.19) |
101.5 (4.00) |
105.2 (4.14) |
129.2 (5.09) |
119.2 (4.69) |
115.6 (4.55) |
103.6 (4.08) |
90.4 (3.56) |
87.6 (3.45) |
1,153.5 (45.41) |
| Source: Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- Reference number 135536 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 18050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2418050) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
- Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 29 April 2010
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