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Jonquière

Quebec, Canada
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Jonquière, former city, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, southern Quebec province, Canada. In 2002 it merged with Chicoutimi and other former nearby municipalities to form the city of Saguenay and became a district in the new entity. Named for the Marquis de La Jonquière, who was governor of New France (1749–52), it originated as an agricultural settlement in the mid-19th century and grew to become an important lumber and wood-pulp centre. Jonquière was incorporated as a village in 1904, a town in 1912, and a city in 1956. In 1975 the cities of Arvida, Jonquière, and Kénogami and the municipality of Saint-Dominique-de-Jonquière were dissolved to facilitate the incorporation of a new, enlarged Jonquière, as it remained until the further amalgamations of 2002.

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