Shawinigan
Shawinigan | |
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 Ceety o Shawinigan frae athort the river | |
| Eik-name(s): The Ceety o Electricity | |
| Motto(s): Age Quod Agis (Dae whit ye are daein) | |
  Shawinigan Location in Quebec, Canadae | |
| Coordinates (550, avenue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville[1]): 46°34′N 72°45′W / 46.567°N 72.750°W[2] | |
| Kintra |  Canadae |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Nane |
| Settled | 1851 |
| Constitutit | 1 Januar 2002 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Michel Angers |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette an Saint-Maurice |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 798.80 km2 (308.42 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 733.48 km2 (283.20 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 109.93 km2 (42.44 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 987.14 km2 (381.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Ceety | 50,060 |
| • Density | 68.2/km2 (177/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47,735 |
| • Urban density | 434.3/km2 (1,125/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 55,009 |
| • Metro density | 55.7/km2 (144/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (2006–11) |  3.6% |
| • Dwallins | 26302 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Website | www |
Shawinigan is a ceety locatit on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie aurie in Quebec, Canadae. It haed a population o 50,060 as o the Canada 2011 Census.
Shawinigan is an aw a territory equivalent tae a regional coonty municipality (TE) an census diveesion (CD) o Quebec, coextensive wi the ceety o Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat o the judicial destrict o Saint-Maurice.[6]
The name Shawinigan haes haed numerous spellins ower time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It mey mean "sooth portage", "portage o beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest".[2] Afore 1958, the ceety wis kent as Shawinigan Faws.
Famous fowk
[eedit | eedit soorce]The ceety is hame til:
- Jean Chrétien, Prime Meenister o Canadae frae 1993 tae 2003
- Carole Laure, actress
- Jacques Plante, NHL goaltender
Sister ceeties
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Footnotes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 1 2 3 Geographic code 36033 in the offeecial Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- 1 2 "Shawinigan (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 11 Februar 2010.
- 1 2 "(Code 2436033) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- 1 2 Shawinigan (Population centre), Quebec 2011 Census profile
- 1 2 Shawinigan (Census agglomeration), Quebec 2011 Census profile. The census agglomeration consists of Shawinigan, Saint-Boniface, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac. In the 2006 census, the census agglomeration had included Grandes-Piles, but had not included Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac.
- ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Shawinigan, Québec. |
- (in French) Shawinigan offeecial steid
- Tourisme Mauricie Regional tourist office
Places aroond Shawinigan | |
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