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L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within Quebec City. It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 as part of a 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, but, after a 2004 referendum, it was reconstituted as a separate city on January 1, 2006.

L'Ancienne-Lorette
City
Location within Quebec TE.
L'Ancienne-Lorette Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°47′55″N 71°21′45″W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	None
Agglomeration	Quebec City
Settled	1674
Constituted	January 1, 2006
Government [2]
• Mayor	Gaétan Pageau
• Federal riding	Louis-Saint-Laurent
• Prov. riding	La Peltrie
Area [2][3]
• Total	7.70 km2 (2.97 sq mi)
• Land	7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	16,745
• Density	2,193.6/km2 (5,681/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.4%
• Dwellings	7,183
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G2E
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138
Website	www.lancienne-lorette.org

Its history dates to 1674, when a group of Huron (Wyandot) fleeing war with the Iroquois settled there under the protection of the French. It was founded as a mission village by the Jesuits. The Wyandot left after a few decades, and French settlers took over the land.

History

The Jesuit missionary Pierre Chaumonot in 1674 founded a settlement here when he built a chapel for the Huron (Wyandot). Following his third and final trip to the shrine of Loreto in Italy, Chaumonot was cured of a terrible headache. In gratitude, he placed the colony under the patronage of Our Lady of the Annunciation, but it is still commonly called Lorette.[1]

In 1697, the Huron left the village in search of better land for hunting and fishing. Afterward the site became known in French as Vieille-Lorette ("Old Loreto") or Ancienne-Lorette ("Former Loreto"). A new location became known as Nouvelle-Lorette ("New Loreto") or Jeune-Lorette ("Young Loreto"). That site roughly corresponds to the Loretteville of today. A year later in 1698, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation was established.[1]

In 1948, the place was incorporated as the village municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. In 1967, it gained town status and took back its original name, L'Ancienne-Lorette, to distinguish itself from the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Lac-Saint-Jean region.[1]

Until 1971, L'Ancienne-Lorette was the gateway to Quebec's International Airport. It used to be known as L'Ancienne-Lorette Airport. In 1971 the rural section of the town that included the airport was annexed by Sainte-Foy.

On January 1, 2002, L'Ancienne-Lorette was merged with Quebec City as part of a province-wide municipal reorganization and became part of the Laurentien borough of that city. After a 2004 referendum, it regained independent city status on January 1, 2006.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Ancienne-Lorette had a population of 16,970 living in 7,314 of its 7,516 total private dwellings, a change of 2.6% from its 2016 population of 16,543. With a land area of 7.72 km² (2.98 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,198.2/km² (5,693.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

According to the Canada 2006 Census:[5]

• Population: 16,516
• % Change (2001–2006): +3.7
• Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 7075 (total dwellings: 7183)
• Area (km²): 7.63 km²
• Density (persons per km²): 2,163.7
• Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 1.5%
  • French as first language: 97.4%
  • English and French as first language: 0.2%
  • Other as first language: 0.9%

Population trend:[6]

• Population in 2011: 16745 (2006 to 2011 population change: 1.4%)
• Population in 2006: 16,516
• Population in 2001: 15,929
• Population in 1996: 15,895
• Population in 1991: 15,242

In 2006, L'Ancienne-Lorette was 98.9% White, 0.3% Aboriginal, and 0.8% Visible Minorities.

Economy

Quebecair Express, prior to its disestablishment, had its headquarters in the city.[7]

Notable people born in L'Ancienne-Lorette

• Antoine Plamondon (ca. 1804-1895), artist
• Patrice Bergeron, NHL hockey centre for the Boston Bruins
• Mario Marois, NHL defenceman, principally for the Quebec Nordiques
• Félix Auger-Aliassime (raised in L'Ancienne-Lorette), Canadian professional tennis player, junior singles and doubles US Open champion
• Évelyne Viens, Olympic gold medal winning soccer player

See also

• Huron-Wendat Nation
• Wendake, Quebec

References

External links

• L'Ancienne-Lorette in L'Encyclopédie de l'agora (fr)

На других языках

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L’Ancienne-Lorette ist eine Stadt im Süden der kanadischen Provinz Québec. Sie liegt in der Verwaltungsregion Capitale-Nationale, 15 km westlich des Zentrums der Provinzhauptstadt Québec. Die Stadt ist Teil der Agglomeration Québec, hat eine Fläche von 7,72 km² und zählt 16.543 Einwohner (Stand: 2016). Von 2002 bis 2006 war L’Ancienne-Lorette ein Stadtteil von Québec.

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