Charny, Quebec
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Charny is a community in central Quebec
, Canada
, south of Quebec City. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Formerly an independent city, Charny was merged with Lévis
on January 1, 2002.
which maintains a major national train yard in the town, Joffre Yard.
Charny expanded in population during the late 1980s and early 1990s when new neighbourhoods were surveyed and houses were built.
Charny has reached region
al exposure many times over the last twenty years struggling with Alex Couture Inc., a plant which buys dead animal corpses in order to recycle them, producing salable by-products. The plant generated bad smells and odours throughout the city. The plant has installed filters to screen out any odours.
There is a waterfall that is located in the town on the Chaudière River
. It offers a beautiful scene as well as a long narrow suspension bridge that one can walk across to get to the other side of the river (Saint-Rédempteur
).
Quebec
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, Canada
Canada
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, south of Quebec City. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Formerly an independent city, Charny was merged with Lévis
Lévis, Quebec
Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The Société de transport de...
on January 1, 2002.
History
Over the last century, Charny has been tremendously influenced socially and economically by the Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
which maintains a major national train yard in the town, Joffre Yard.
Charny expanded in population during the late 1980s and early 1990s when new neighbourhoods were surveyed and houses were built.
Charny has reached region
Region
Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...
al exposure many times over the last twenty years struggling with Alex Couture Inc., a plant which buys dead animal corpses in order to recycle them, producing salable by-products. The plant generated bad smells and odours throughout the city. The plant has installed filters to screen out any odours.
There is a waterfall that is located in the town on the Chaudière River
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River is a long river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Megantic in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, it runs northwards to flow into the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec City...
. It offers a beautiful scene as well as a long narrow suspension bridge that one can walk across to get to the other side of the river (Saint-Rédempteur
Saint-rédempteur, Québec
-Demographics:According to the Canada 2006 Census:*Population: 6,969*% Change : +9.8*Dwellings: 2,609*Area : 3.71 km²*Density : 1,878.9...
).
Demographics
Population according to Canada Census 2006- Population: 10,367
- % Change 2001-2006: -1.3
- Dwellings: 4,686
- Density per km2: 1,284.6
- Area per km2: 8.07