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Saguenay, Quebec

Administration

Full name	Saguenay
Official name	Ville de Saguenay
Settlement type	City
Country	Canada
Province
Region	Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Settled	1840s
Established	February 18, 2002
Government
Electoral Districts Federal	Chicoutimi-Le Fjord / Jonquière-Alma
Type	Saguenay City Council
Mayor	Jean Tremblay
Federal MP(s)	Dany Morin (NDP) Claude Patry (NDP)
Quebec MNA(s)	Stéphane Bédard (PQ) Serge Simard (PLQ) Sylvain Gaudreault (PQ)
Geography
Total Area	450.1 sq mi (1166.00 km2)
Land Area	434.7 sq mi (1126.27 km2)
Urban Area	50.7 sq mi (131.32 km2)
Metro Area	676.9 sq mi (1753.69 km2)
Elevation	544.6 ft (166 m)
Demography
Total Population	143692 (2006)
Density (pop.)	127.6/km² (330.5/sq mi)
Urban (pop.)	106103
Metro (pop.)	151643
Other information
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code(s)	G7(B,G-H,J-K,N,S-T,X-Z), G8A
Area code	418

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Saguenay (pronounced -enˈsæɡəneɪ, -frsagne) is a city (Canada 2006 Census population 143,692) in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 km (124.3 mi) north of Quebec City.

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).

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