page_title: Saguenay, Quebec
section_title: Municipal
hierarchical_section_title: Saguenay, Quebec / Government / Municipal
caption_attribution_description: Hôtel de ville de Saguenay
context_page_description: Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about 126 kilometres upriver and northwest of Tadoussac, located at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River. It was formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the town of La Baie. Chicoutimi was founded by the French in 1676.
  The city of Saguenay constitutes a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality; its geographical code is 941. Together with the regional county municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, it forms the census division of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord. The mayor of Saguenay is Josée Néron. Prior to its use as the name of the city, the term "the Saguenay" or "Saguenay Valley" had already been used for the whole Saguenay River region. Saguenay is the seat of the judicial district of Chicoutimi.
  The city is divided into three boroughs: Chicoutimi, Jonquière and La Baie.
context_section_description: The mayor of Saguenay is Josée Néron who was elected in the 2017 municipal election. Jean Tremblay had previously served as mayor of Saguenay from 2002 until the municipal merger of 2002 until 2017. He was also mayor of the now defunct city of Chicoutimi from 1997 until 2001. The governing body of Saguenay is Saguenay City Council, which consists of the mayor and 15 city councillors. The councillors are elected from single-member districts.
  The city's three boroughs are Jonquière, Chicoutimi, and La Baie. Each borough is subdivided into electoral districts, with each district being represented by a city councillor. Each borough has a borough president from among their city councilors. The Jonquière borough is represented by six councillors and its borough president is Julie Dufour. The Chicoutimi borough is represented by six councillors and its borough president is Michel Tremblay. The La Baie borough is represented by three councillors and its borough president is Éric Simard.
caption: The City Hall of Saguenay.
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