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  2. List of towns in Quebec - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipality type of city (ville, ... La Vallée-du-Richelieu: Montréal: 17,053 17,059 0.0%: 35.84: 475.8

  3. Pointe-Claire Windmill - Wikipedia

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    The mill had two doors, to provide an exit regardless of which ways the sails faced. The walls are four French feet (1m32) thick at the base. The interior is 12 French feet in diameter by 24 high. [2] The mill originally contained elevated platforms beneath gun slits for defence. The surrounding shoreline was fenced with pointed wooden stakes.

  4. Sainte-Croix, Quebec - Wikipedia

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    Settlement of the seigneury was slow, as the only road was the river's navigable waterway. The Chemin du Roy was opened to traffic as far as the seigneury in 1718. On the banks of the river, the Ursulines built their first flour mill in 1754, which remained in operation until the construction of another mill in 1801 at the top of the hill.

  5. Clermont, Capitale-Nationale - Wikipedia

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    On February 16, 1935, the place separated from the Parish Municipalities of Saint-Etienne de Murray-Bay and Sainte-Agnès [5] (currently both part of La Malbaie) and was incorporated as a municipality, officially adopting the name Clermont for the new municipality. [1] [4] In 1949, Clermont changed its status to village and in 1967 to town. [1]

  6. List of red-light districts - Wikipedia

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    De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam. Red-light districts are areas associated with the sex industry and sex-oriented businesses (e.g. sex shops and strip clubs).In some of these places prostitution occurs, whether legally or illegally.

  7. Manresa Spirituality Centre - Wikipedia

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    With the influx of people in what was previously a rural area, a new chapel was built next to Villa Manresa between 1893 and 1895. It was called Our Lady of the Way (Notre-Dame-du-Chemin). With the increased urbanization of the area, the chapel became a parish church in 1909. In 1911, an annex was created connecting Villa Manresa and the church ...

  8. L'Ascension, Quebec - Wikipedia

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    L'Ascension (French pronunciation: [lasɑ̃sjɔ̃]) is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. The area is known as La Vallée de la Rouge (English: The Valley of the Rouge (river)).

  9. Alma, Quebec - Wikipedia

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    Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second largest city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean ...