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  2. Centre-du-Québec - Wikipedia

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    Open farmland—A typical scene in the Centre-du-Québec. The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie).

  3. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Le Center (originally "le centre") [176] Le Roy (named after Le Roy, New York) [176] Le Sueur (named after Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer) [177] Leech Lake (originally lac sangsue, "leech lake", a translation from the Ojibwe Ozagaskwaajimekaag-zaaga'igan "Lake abundant with leeches") Little Fork River (originally ...

  4. City centre - Wikipedia

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    A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms that exist in other languages, such as "centre-ville" in French, Stadtzentrum in German, or shìzhōngxīn (市中心) in Chinese.

  5. Downtown Montreal - Wikipedia

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    Downtown Montreal (French: Centre-Ville de Montréal) is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal, and occupies the western portion of the borough of Ville-Marie.

  6. Complexe Guy-Favreau - Wikipedia

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    Complexe Guy-Favreau seen from René Lévesque Boulevard "Les habitations du centre-ville", the southern residential section of the building complex on De la Gauchetière Street. Complexe Guy-Favreau is a twelve-storey building complex containing Canadian government offices built in 1984.

  7. La Cité-Limoilou - Wikipedia

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    La Cité-Limoilou (French pronunciation: [la site limwalu]) is the central borough of Quebec City, the oldest (in terms of architecture), and the most populous, comprising 19.73% of the city's total population. [2]

  8. Centerville - Wikipedia

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    Centreville, Centerville, Centre-ville or Centre-Ville and variants may refer to: Places. Bahamas. Centreville (Bahamas Parliament constituency) Canada ...

  9. Banlieue - Wikipedia

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    In the west, the population is generally upper class, and the centre of business and finance, La Défense, is also located there. Versailles, Le Vésinet, Sceaux, Maisons-Laffitte and Neuilly-sur-Seine are affluent suburbs of Paris, while Clichy-sous-Bois, Bondy and Corbeil-Essonnes are less so. The southeast banlieues are less homogenous.