Cap-de-la-Madeleine
Sign in to saveCap-de-la-Madeleine () is a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002. Population (2006 census) 33,022.
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- Demonym
- Madelinois
- Country
- Canada
- Elevation
- 16
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- twinned administrative body
- Châteaudun
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2002-01-01
- merged into
- Trois-Rivières
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Cap-de-la-Madeleine () is a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002. Population (2006 census) 33,022.
== History == Cap-de-la-Madeleine was founded March 20, 1651. The establishment was named by Jacques de La Ferté, who was abbot of Sainte-Madeleine de Châteaudun in France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cap-de-la-Madeleine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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