Sainte-Foy

Sainte-Foy is a former city in central , Canada alongside the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into at the start of 2002. Most of the formerly independent municipality of Sainte-Foy is located in the borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge—initially as one of the two constituent districts of the former borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery.
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  • Type: Suburb with 76,300 residents
  • Description: administrative sector in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; former city
  • Also known as: “Sainte Foy, Quebec”, “Sainte Foy, Quebec City”, “Sainte-Foy, Quebec”, and “Sainte-Foy, Quebec City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval and Bibliothèque Monique-Corriveau.

Hospital
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Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval merged in December 1995 with two other teaching hospitals to form Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec:…

Library
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is a library.

Shopping center
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is one of Canada's largest shopping malls. It is located in , . has approximately 215 stores and restaurants and is built on three levels with underground, multilevel, and outdoor parking.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cap-Rouge and L’Ancienne-Lorette.

Suburb
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is a former city in central , Canada, since 2002 within the borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge in . The site of the first attempted permanent French settlement in North America, Charlesbourg-Royal, is located at the confluence of the Rivière du and the Saint Lawrence River. is situated 4½ km southwest of Sainte-Foy.

Town
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L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central , Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within . 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. is situated 6 km northwest of Sainte-Foy.

Suburb
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is a former city in central , Canada. It was amalgamated into in 2002. It is located within the Borough of Les Rivières. Population : 11,504 , a shopping centre is located in . is situated 6 km northeast of Sainte-Foy.

Sainte-Foy

Latitude
46.7743° or 46° 46′ 28″ north
Longitude
-71.2994° or 71° 17′ 58″ west
Population
76,300
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
IATA airport code
BQC
United Nations Location Code
CA SFO
Open location code
87RCQPF2+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281357945
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6325488
Wiki­data ID
Q14875569
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In Other Languages

From Atikamekw to Urdu—“Sainte-Foy” goes by many names.
  • Atikamekw: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Chinese: “聖福瓦”
  • Czech: “Sainte-Foy”
  • French: “Notre-Dame-de-Foy”
  • French: “Sainte-Foy”
  • German: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Norwegian: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Russian: “Сент-Фуа”
  • Slovak: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Slovenian: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Swedish: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Turkish: “Sainte-Foy”
  • Urdu: “سین-فوے، کیوبک سٹی”
  • “Sainte-Foy”

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Localities in the Area

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