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La Tuque, Quebec
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| Ville de La Tuque | |
| Motto: Industriis et labore cresco (Industry and work to grow) |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Equivalent territory | La Tuque |
| Government [1] | |
| - Type | City |
| - Mayor | Réjean Gaudreault |
| Area [2] | |
| - Urban | 25.84 km² (10 sq mi) |
| - Metro | 25,431.76 km² (9,819.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[3] | |
| - City | 11,821 |
| - Density | 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 9,716 |
| - Urban Density | 376.0/km² (973.8/sq mi) |
| - Metro | 15,293 |
| - Metro Density | 0.6/km² (1.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
La Tuque is a city in northeastern Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. In 1960 it had a population of just over 11,000 (Latuquois).
La Tuque became the largest municipality in land area in Quebec, and second largest in Canada (38,000 km²) after it was merged with the village of Parent, the municipalities of La Bostonnais, La Croche, and Lac-Édouard, and the unorganized territories of Kiskissink, Lac-Berlinguet, Lac-des-Moires, Lac-Pellerin, Lac-Tourlay, Obedjiwan, Petit-Lac-Wayagamac, and Rivière-Windigo on March 26, 2003. The former city of La Tuque had itself been formed from the merger of La Tuque and La Tuque Falls in 1911.
The name, which dates to the eighteenth century, originates from a nearby rock formation which resembles the well-known French-Canadian hat known as the tuque. In 1823-24, the explorer François Verreault described the location as
- un Portage nommé Ushabatshuan (le courant trop fort pour le sauter). Les Voyageurs le nomment la Tuque, à cause d'une Montagne haute, dont le pic resemble à une Tuque. Ce portage est d'une lieue, avec des fortes côtes à monter.
- ("a portage named Ushabatshuan ('the rapids too strong to shoot'). The voyageurs call it La Tuque, due to a tall mountain whose peak resembles a tuque. The portage is a league long, and climbs steep slopes.")
The local economy centres on pulp and paper; the city has a pulp-milling centre as well as a major hydroelectric station. The local scenery offers tourism opportunities as well; the city is known as the Queen of Haute-Mauricie and the Classique internationale de canots de la Mauricie canoeing race begins at La Tuque.
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- Félix Leclerc
- Thérèse Dion, mother of world renowned Canadian French singer Céline Dion, grew up in La Tuque.
- ^ Municipalité: La Tuque - Répertoire des municipalités du Québec - MAMR, retrieved September 23, 2007
- ^ Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data - Statistics Canada, retrieved September 23, 2007
- ^ Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data - Statistics Canada, retrieved September 23, 2007
- (French) La Tuque (Tourisme Haut-Saint-Maurice)
- (French) Ville de La Tuque (Haut-Saint-Maurice)
- (French) Eau Quai Saint-Maurice (Kayaking on St. Maurice River)
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Mauricie (04) |
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| Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories (*) | Mékinac · Shawinigan* · Trois-Rivières* · Les Chenaux · Maskinongé · La Tuque* |
| Major municipalities | Saint-Tite · Shawinigan · Trois-Rivières · Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel · Louiseville · La Tuque |
| Subdivisions of Region number | 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 Subdivisions of Quebec |
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Montreal · Quebec · Laval · Gatineau · Longueuil · Sherbrooke · Saguenay · Lévis · Trois-Rivières |