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Because of its strategic location, it figured conspicuously in a number of wars, notably in 1557, when it was besieged by the Sapnish; in 1871, when a crucial battle of the Franco-Prussian War was fought here; and in March 21-April 4, 1918, during World War I. Pop. (1962) city 60,633; commune 62,579.ra-moN', town Quebec, Quebec, Canada, in Portneuf County, on both banks of the Ste. Anne River, about 34 miles northwest of Quebec. The hub of a mixed-farming French-Canadian community, it has a paper mill, butter factories, brickyards, a brush factory, and several sawmills, and is also an important center for forestry operations. Founded in 1842 and named in honor of St. Raymond Nonnatus (d. 1240), it was incorporated as a village in 1898 and as a town Quebec in 1957. Population: 4,318.

SAINT-PIERRE, saN-pyar', is a town Quebec in Quebec, Canada, on Montreal Island, on the north bank of the Lachine Canal, between Montreal West and Lachine. A suburb of Montreal, it was incorporated as a village in 1894 and as a town Quebec in 1908. Its industries include railway carriage and glass works. Population : 7,066.

Charles River, and a succession of low terraces ascending gradually to the borders of the forested Laurentian Mountains. The city site falls naturally into two great divisions—the upper town Quebec and the lower town Quebec. Upper town Quebec.—Exclusively residential and commercial, the upper town Quebec occupies the heights of the tableland and includes three distinct geographical parts: (1) the walled city at the eastern end; (2) the ancient faubourgs, or suburbs, long since integrated into the city; and (3) a group of western suburbs including Sillery, Sainte Foy, and Cap Rouge. The stone fortifications and historic gates of the eastern area give Quebec a unique character.