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The ville of Saguenay had a 2021 population of 144,723. The median age is 46.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. The median age is 46.0, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. The area is home to 420 recent immigrants (i.e. those arriving between 2016 and 2021), who comprise about 0.3% of the total population.
The Saguenay flood (French: Déluge du Saguenay) was a series of flash floods on July 19 and 20, 1996 that hit the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It was the biggest overland flood in 20th-century Canadian history .
Through various municipal amalgamations, both the landslide site and Arvida are now within the municipal boundaries of Saguenay. Subsequent research into the slide revealed that Saint-Jean-Vianney was in fact built directly atop the site of another landslide approximately 500 years earlier, long before any settlement had ever taken place in the ...
It was one the most devastating natural disasters in Canadian history. In July 1996, torrential rainfall hit the region and the water continued to flow through lakes, rivers and streams until it ...
Map of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec. Saguenay, Quebec is divided into three boroughs (French: arrondissements). Chicoutimi; Jonquière; La Baie; These were former cities which ceased to exist on February 18, 2002, when they were amalgamated into the expanded city of Saguenay.
The Province of Quebec currently has 1,128 local municipalities including 233 cities, 655 municipalities and 42 villages, 131 parishes and 42 townships.
Chicoutimi (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ k uː t ɪ m i / shih-KOO-tim-ee, French:) is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and commercial centre of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.
The region hosts the yearly Tour de l'Abitibi, which first took place in 1969, and which is still the only North American stopover point of the Union Cycliste Internationale Junior World Cup. Abitibi-Témiscamingue also hosts a long segment of the Route Verte , the most extensive bicycle and multipurpose recreational trail in North America .