The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.
Predecessor[edit]
From 1970 to 2001,[2] the Communauté urbaine de Québec governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore:
Formation of the Communauté urbaine de Québec in 1969[3]
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- Beauport
- Courville
- Giffard
- Montmorency
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux
- Villeneuve
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In the years following the establishing of the CUQ, various changes occurred among the constituent municipalities:
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- in 1970, Duberger and Les Saules amalgamated with Quebec
- in 1971, Neufchâtel amalgamated with Quebec, and the Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette amalgamated with Sainte-Foy
- in 1973, Charlesbourg-Ouest amalgamated with Quebec
- in 1974, Bélair and Val-St-Michel amalgamated to form Val-Bélair
- in 1976, Charlesbourg-Est, Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides and Orsainville amalgamated with Charlesbourg
- in 1976, Courville, Giffard, Montmorency, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux and Villeneuve, together with Saint-Michel-Archange, amalgamated with Beauport
- in 1983, Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge changed its name to Cap-Rouge
Formation[edit]
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Boroughs of Quebec City prior to October 31, 2009.
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Boroughs of Quebec City, effective November 1, 2009.
The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002.
Quebec was amalgamated with the cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. In the 2006 demerger, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures regained separate status.
Lévis was amalgamated with Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Romuald, Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.
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