page_title: Saguenay, Quebec
hierarchical_section_title: Saguenay, Quebec
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Montage photo de la ville de Saguenay. De gauche à droite et de haut en bas&#160;: Le centre-ville de Chicoutimi, le campus de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, la Pyramide des Ha! Ha! à La Baie, l'entrée du pavillon Gérard-Arguin du Cégep de Jonquière et les installations de l'usine de Rio-Tinto-Alcan à Arvida.
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: Saguenay (/ˈsæɡəneɪ, ˌsæɡəˈneɪ/ SAG-ə-nay, -⁠NAY, French: [saɡnɛ], locally [-ne]) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about 126 kilometres (78 mi) 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 (TE); its geographical code is 941. Together with the regional county municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, it forms the census division (CD) of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (94). The mayor of Saguenay is Josée Néron. Prior to its use as the name of the city, the term "the Saguenay" or (less commonly) "Saguenay Valley" had already been used for the whole Saguenay River region (see Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean). Saguenay is the seat of the judicial district of Chicoutimi.
  The city is divided into three boroughs: Chicoutimi (which includes the former city of Chicoutimi, as well as Laterrière and Tremblay township), Jonquière (which includes the former city of Jonquière, Lac-Kénogami, and Shipshaw) and La Baie (which corresponds to the former city of La Baie).
caption: From top left: Downtown Chicoutimi borough, the UQAC, the Ha! Ha! Pyramid, the Cégep de Jonquière, and Rio Tinto's aluminium smelters in Arvida
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