Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières is a town in Quebec, Canada, part of Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region. The place has earned the title of Rock Capital of Portneuf County because of its rock quarries that have played a significant role in the local economy.Photo: Gacard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Harfang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,360 residents
- Description: town in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint-Alban generating station-2.
Saint-Alban generating station-2
Electrical generator
Photo: Sylvainbrousseau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Saint-Alban-2 power station is an old hydroelectric power station located on the Sainte-Anne River at the level of the Sainte-Anne River Gorges in Saint-Alban in province of Quebec. Saint-Alban generating station-2 is situated 3½ km northwest of Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Alban and Saint-Casimir.
Saint-Alban
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint-Alban is a municipality located in Portneuf RCM, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec, Canada. The municipality is crossed in its southern part by the Sainte-Anne River. Saint-Alban is situated 4½ km northwest of Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres.
Saint-Casimir
Village
Photo: Gacard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Casimir is a municipality of about 1500 people in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Sainte-Anne River, about 80 kilometres southwest of Quebec City and 50 kilometres northeast of Trois-Rivières. Saint-Casimir is situated 7 km southwest of Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres.
Saint-Thuribe
Village
Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Thuribe is a parish municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Saint-Thuribe is situated 9 km west of Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres.
Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres
- Categories: city or town of Quebec, village municipality of Quebec, and locality
- Location: Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.6827° or 46° 40′ 58″ northLongitude
-72.04961° or 72° 2′ 59″ westPopulation
2,360Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA SMCOpen location code
87R9MXM2+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 364868211OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Atikamekw to Urdu—“Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres” goes by many names.
- Atikamekw: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Basque: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Cebuano: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Dutch: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Estonian: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- French: “Chateauvert”
- French: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- German: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Greek: “Σαιν-Μαρκ-ντε-Καριέρ”
- Italian: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Persian: “سن-مارک-ده-کارییر، کبک”
- Polish: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Portuguese: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Serbian: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Serbian: “Саинт-Марц-дес-Царриèрес”
- Serbian: “Сен Марк де Карјер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Spanish: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrieres”
- Spanish: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Swedish: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Turkish: “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
- Urdu: “سینٹ-مارک-دس-کرریرس”
- “Saint-Marc-des-Carrières”
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