Cap-Rouge
Cap-Rouge is a former city in central Quebec, Canada, since 2002 within the borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge in Quebec City. The site of the first attempted permanent French settlement in North America, Charlesbourg-Royal, is located at the confluence of the Rivière du Cap Rouge and the Saint Lawrence River.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 13,400 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, former municipality
- Also known as: “Cap Rouge Quarter”, “Cap Rouge, Quebec City”, “Cap-Rouge Quarter”, “Cap-Rouge, Quebec City”, “Quartier Cap-Rouge”, “Red Cape, Quebec City”, “Saint-Felix-du-Cap-Rouge”, and “Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Félix de Cap-Rouge and Cimetiere de Cap-Rouge.
Église Saint-Félix de Cap-Rouge
Church
Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.
Église Saint-Félix de Cap-Rouge is a church.
Cimetiere de Cap-Rouge
Cemetery
Photo: Judicieux, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cimetiere de Cap-Rouge is a cemetery.
St-Benoit Church
Church
Photo: Judicieux, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St-Benoit Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Cap-Rouge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sainte-Foy and L’Ancienne-Lorette.
Sainte-Foy
Suburb
Photo: Harfang, Public domain.
Sainte-Foy is a former city in central Quebec, Canada alongside the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City 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. Sainte-Foy is situated 4½ km northeast of Cap-Rouge.
L’Ancienne-Lorette
Town
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 is situated 6 km north of Cap-Rouge.
Saint-Rédempteur
Suburb
Photo: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Rédempteur is a district within Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest borough of the city of Lévis, Quebec. Prior to 2002, it was an independent municipality. Saint-Rédempteur is situated 8 km southeast of Cap-Rouge.
Cap-Rouge
Latitude
46.74986° or 46° 44′ 60″ northLongitude
-71.34535° or 71° 20′ 43″ westPopulation
13,400Open location code
87RCPMX3+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 281357931OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q2936966
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In Other Languages
From Atikamekw to Welsh—“Cap-Rouge” goes by many names.
- Atikamekw: “Cap-Rouge”
- Dutch: “Cap-Rouge”
- French: “Cap Rouge”
- French: “Cap-Rouge”
- French: “France-Roy”
- French: “Quartier Cap-Rouge de Québec”
- French: “Quartier de Cap-Rouge (Quebec)”
- French: “Quartier de cap-rouge (québec)”
- French: “Quartier de Cap-Rouge (Québec)”
- French: “Saint-Félix-de-Cap-Rouge”
- French: “Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge”
- Japanese: “キャップ＝ルージュ”
- Polish: “Cap-Rouge”
- Portuguese: “Cap-Rouge”
- Slovenian: “Cap-Rouge”
- Spanish: “Cap Rouge (Quebec)”
- Spanish: “Cap Rouge”
- Spanish: “Cap-Rouge (Quebec)”
- Spanish: “Cap-Rouge”
- Swedish: “Cap-Rouge”
- Turkish: “Cap-Rouge”
- Ukrainian: “Кап-Руж”
- Welsh: “Cap-Rouge”
- “Cap-Rouge”
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