6-647: The Lower Town of Quebec City is one of the two geographical and historical sectors of the borough of La Cité-Limoilou in Quebec . It is located at sea level as opposed to the Upper Town, which is located on the promontory of Quebec (whose highest point is 105 meters above sea level). This sector includes the Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur neighborhoods as well as some of the traditional neighborhood of Old Quebec . This Quebec City -related article
12-586: Is Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—colline Parlementaire . It is in turn centred on the old walled city, Old Quebec , and also includes nearby Parliament Hill , the Old Port, and the Petit Champlain shopping district. Other districts within La Cité are also home to much historic architecture and many important institutions. Limoilou is a former borough of Quebec City. Population (2001): 44,980. It consisted of
18-415: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . La Cit%C3%A9-Limoilou La Cité-Limoilou ( French pronunciation: [la site limwalu] ) is the central borough of Quebec City , the oldest (in terms of architecture), and the most populous, comprising 19.73% of the city's total population. As an administrative division, it is very new, having only been formed on November 1, 2009, from
24-563: Is also Quebec City's second most densely populated borough, with 4,656 inhabitants/km . A defining characteristic of the neighbourhood is its grid pattern layout, and the numerical naming of its streets, such as 11th Street and 3rd Avenue. The first recorded instance of the name "Limoilou" to designate this former municipality occurred in 1893. It is a variant of the word Limoëlou , the name of 16th century French explorer Jacques Cartier 's manor in Saint-Malo , Brittany, France. Up until
30-455: The former boroughs of La Cité and Limoilou. The borough is composed of nine districts, six formerly part of La Cité and three formerly part of Limoilou: La Cité ("the city" or "the stronghold") is the historic heart of Quebec City. It was the entirety of the city until the nineteenth century expansions and amalgamations. The former borough was divided into six different districts before the 2009 reorganization. The central district of La Cité
36-428: The neighbourhoods of Vieux-Limoilou , Lairet and Maizerets . It is bordered by the borough of Beauport in the northeast, by the borough of Charlesbourg in the northwest, by the borough of Les Rivières in the southwest, and by the former downtown borough of La Cité (now also part of La Cité-Limoilou) in the south. In terms of architecture, Limoilou is second only to La Cité as Quebec City's oldest neighbourhood. It
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