Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
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This region is bathed by two major watercourses, the Lac Saint-Jean and the Saguenay River, both of which mark its landscape deeply and have been the main drives of its development in history. It is also irrigated by several other large watercourses. Bordered by forests and mountainous massifs, the region constitutes a fertile enclave in the Canadian Shield. Both the scenery and the cultural sites and activities of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean attract tourists every year. Lac Saint-Jean itself is a popular destination for residents of the more urban regions of Quebec to escape to in the summer.
The region is considered the heartland of the Quebec sovereignty movement.
The beauty of the region can be seen in the 1991 film Black Robe, directed by Bruce Beresford.
Population
The population of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region represents 6.8 % of Quebec population, concentrated in three large clusters: Ville de Saguenay (born of the merging of the cities of La Baie, Chicoutimi, Jonquière and a few smaller agglomerations) (pop. 148,179), Alma (pop. 30,126) and Roberval (pop. 10,906) - Saint-Félicien - Dolbeau-Mistassini (pop. 36,407). The largest settlement (Ville de Saguenay) is located slightly west of the fjord, mostly south of the river.Subdivisions
Following the Saguenay municipal reorganization in 2002, the region now counts 49 municipalities.Regional County Municipalities
- MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay (pop. 19,929)
- MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (pop. 53,346)
- MRC Domaine-du-Roy (pop. 32,089)
- MRC Maria-Chapdelaine (pop. 27,945)
- Ville de Saguenay (pop. 154,000)
- Mashteuiatsh, Quebec (pop. 1,908 Montagnais over a total of 289,121 indigenous in the region)
See also
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| Regions | Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Bas-Saint-Laurent - Capitale-Nationale - Centre-du-Québec - Chaudière-Appalaches - Côte-Nord - Estrie - Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine>Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine - Lanaudière - Laurentides - Laval - Mauricie - Montérégie - Montréal - Nord-du-Québec - Outaouais - Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| List of Quebec Regional County Municipalities | |
| Territories | Basse-Côte-Nord - Jamésie - Kativik - Nunavik |
| Separated cities | Gatineau - Lévis - Notre-Dame-des-Anges - Rouyn-Noranda - Saguenay - Saint-Augustin - Shawinigan - Sherbrooke - Trois-Rivières - |
| Agglomeration areas | La Tuque - Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - Longueuil - Montreal - Quebec City |
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