Portneuf County is an historic county in Quebec, Canada west of Quebec City

Quebec City

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 on the Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

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 in Canada

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The county seat was Cap-Santé. Previously named Hampshire County formed in 1792 at the end of the French Regime and as a constituent ridding for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 before being renamed Portneuf County by a law of the province of Lower Canada (9 Georges IV ch. LXXII). It was bounded on the west by Champlain County on the northeast by Quebec County, and on the south by Lotbiniere County. Portneuf County consisted of six former seigneuries

Seigneurial system of New France

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In the early 1980s Quebec abolished its counties and most of Portneuf County became the Portneuf Regional County Municipality

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...

. The southeastern part of the county was transferred to La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality

La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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 and the Quebec Urban Community (now Quebec City) while parts of western Portneuf County was transferred to Mékinac Regional County Municipality

Mékinac Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Constituent Towns, Municipalities and Parishes

• Neuville
  Neuville, Quebec
  Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years....
  
  
• Pointe-aux-Trembles
  Neuville, Quebec
  Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years....
  
  
• Cap-Santé
• Pointe-aux-Écureuils, Quebec
• Donnacona
  Donnacona, Quebec
  Donnacona is an industrial town located about west of Quebec City in Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada.Some people believe the city was named after Donnacona, a 16th century Wendat chief who was taken to France...
  
  
• Sainte-Catherine-de-Portneuf
  Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec
  Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier is a town in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale. The Jacques-Cartier River passes through the city....
  
  
• Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge
• Notre-Dame-des-Anges
• Montauban-les-Mines
• Lac-au-Sable
• Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
• Grondines
• Deschambault
• Saint-Raymond
• Lac-Sergent
• Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf
• Saint-Basile-Sud
• Saint-Basile
• Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf
• Portneuf
• Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
• Duchesnay
• Jacques-Cartier
• Saint-Casimir
• Saint-Léonard-du-Port-Maurice
• Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne
• Perthuis
• Saint-Gilbert
• Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
• Saint-Alban
• Saint-Thuribe
• Saint-Ubalde
• Val-Bélair

External links

• Olive Tree Genealogy: Hampshire County