Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City

Quebec City

Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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...

, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years.

The 19th-century artist, Antoine Plamondon

Antoine Plamondon

Antoine-Sébastien Plamondon was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :Plamondon was born in 1804 at L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, the son of the village grocer...

, (ca. 1804-1895) moved here by 1850, and lived the rest of his life here.

Neuville has an excellent marina for pleasure sailboats and yachts.

History

In 1653, the area was granted as a seignory by Jean de Lauson to Jean Bourdon de Saint-Jean

Jean Bourdon

Jean Bourdon was the first engineer-in-chief and land-surveyor in the colony of New France, and the first attorney-general of the Conseil Superieur....

 (ca. 1601-1668) for his son Jean-François Bourdon de Dombourg (1647–1690), who was an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, and Attorney General to the sovereign. In 1680, the Dombourg Seignory was acquired by Nicolas Dupont de Neuville (1632–1716), whereafter the seignory was known as Neuville.

In 1679, the Saint-François-de-Sales Parish was formed, that became a civil parish in 1684. The place was also called Pointe-aux-Trembles (or Pointe-au-Tremble) in reference to the point on which the church was built that once was covered with aspen and birch.

In 1850, the post office opened, identified as Pointe-aux-Trembles. In 1855, the place was incorporated as a Parish Municipality of Saint-François-de-Sales, but renamed to Pointe-aux-Trembles some time after. In 1919, part of its territory separated to form the Village Municipality of Neuville.

On December 18, 1996, the Village Municipality of Neuville and the Parish Municipality of Pointe-aux-Trembles merged again to form the new City of Neuville.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 3638 (2001 to 2006 population change: 8.9 %)
• Population in 2001: 3346 (or 3341 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries)
• Population in 1996:
  • Neuville (village): 1013
  • Pointe-aux-Trembles (parish): 2248
• Population in 1991:
  • Neuville (village): 1006
  • Pointe-aux-Trembles (parish): 1970

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1468 (total dwellings: 1558)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 2.2 %
• French as first language: 97.4 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 0.4 %

Twin village

The Village of Neuville maintains trade development programs, cultural and educational partnership
with the village of Neuville-de-Poitou

Neuville-de-Poitou

Neuville-de-Poitou is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.-History:Neuville was first named Nova Villa in 876, through a donation by a Frank by the name of Aldurus, at abbaye Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers. During the hundred years war, Neuville suffered...

in France, although its population does not originate from there.