Deschambault-Grondines is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 with 2032 inhabitants according 2006 census in the Canadian province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, located in Portneuf Regional County Municipality

Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Portneuf is a Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. The county administrative seat is Cap-Santé.- History :The Regional County Municipality of Portneuf was constituted as a regional administrative entity on November 25th 1981 by a Provincial decree creating the supralocal...

. The municipality was incorporated in 2002 by the merger of the formerly independent villages of Deschambault and Grondines.

The name Grondines was named by Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....

 himself. "Grondines" is from the french verb "gronder", meaning to rumble or roar. In 1674, The Grondines windmill was built and is the oldest windmill in Québec. The windmill was first a flour mill, and then a lighthouse. In 1842 the church Saint-Charles-Borromée was built in Grondines. In 2006 the local Fromagerie des Grondines was built, it is an ogranic cheese farm open to the public.

Some of the famous people who lived here include filmmaker Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

, who was born in Deschambault.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 2032 (2001 to 2006 population change: 3.4 %)
• Population total in 2001: 1965
  • Deschambault: 1263
  • Grondines: 702
• Population in 1996:
  • Deschambault: 1240
  • Grondines: 718
• Population in 1991:
  • Deschambault: 1213
  • Grondines: 654

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 880 (total dwellings: 1036)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0 %
• French as first language: 98.8 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 1.2 %

Points of interest

• Saint-Joseph of Deschambault church, classed historical monument in 1964.
• The old presbytery of Deschambault, classed historical monument in 1965.
• The old mill of Grondines, classed archaeological monument in 1984.
• The church of Saint-Charles-Borromée in Grondines.
• Presbytery of Grondines, classed historical monument in 1966.
• House of the Grolo widow, classed historical monument in 1971.
• House of Delisle, classed historical monument in 1963.
• House of F.-R.-Neilson-Sewell, classed historical monument in 1978.
• The old Chevrotière Mill, classed historical monument in 1976.
• The Cap Lauzon with its view on the river.
• The Public Market open all day saturday in Deschambault.