Quebec City (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459 and the Quebec City census metropolitan area (including surrounding communities) had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfth-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters.
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Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico. This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the "Historic District of Old Québec".
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Towns around Québec
- La Cité-Limoilou2.1 km NW
- Lévis3.0 km E
- Les Rivières4.4 km W
- Beauport5.5 km N
- Sainte-Foy6.8 km SW
- L'Ancienne-Lorette11 km W
- Neufchâtel-Est–Lebourgneuf11 km NW
- Charlesbourg12 km NW
Straight-line distance and compass bearing from the town centre.