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Saguenay
Information
Country	Canada
Region	Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean
Lake	Kenogami
Watercourse	Saguenay, Chicoutimi
Area	1 136 km²
Population	146 381 hab.
Density	128,86 inhab./km²
Nice	Saguenéen
Postal code	G7 (B, G, H, J, K, N, S, T, X-Z), G8A
Telephone prefix	1 418, 1 581
Location
48 ° 23 ′ 33 ″ N 71 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ W
Official site
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Saguenay is a city of Quebec to Canada.

Located in a valley on the shores of the Saguenay River, it is upstream from the Saguenay Fjord and downstream from the Kénogami horst. From north to south, it stretches from the north shore of the Saguenay to the Laurentian Mountains. With its 146,000 inhabitants, it is the seventh largest city in Quebec.

Understand

Story

Saguenay was created on February 18, 2002 by the merger of the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie and Laterrière, as well as the municipalities of Lac-Kénogami and Shipshaw and part of the township of Tremblay.

Weather

Saguenay (Bagotville airport) Precipitation diagram in mm J F M TO M J J TO S O NOT D Temperature diagram in ° C -10.6 -21.7 13d -8 -19.5 13d -0.6 -12 14d 7.4 -3.1 13d 16.3 3.3 14d 22.1 9 13d 24.2 12 15d 22.8 10.7 14d 16.7 5.8 13d 9.3 0.4 15d 1.3 -6.3 11d -6.8 -16.5 17d 61 51 58 61 85 89 123 97 97 79 75 75 Temp. max. annual mean in ° C 7.8 Temp. min. annual mean in ° C -3.2 Annual precipitation in mm 951 Number of days of precipitation 165 Legend: Temp. maxi and mini in ° C • Precipitation in mm Source:[Environment Canada]

The cold record was reached in February with -43.4 C ° and the heat record in June and August with 36.1 C ° Environment Canada  – Six day weather forecast for Saguenay. (last update jul. 2019)

To go

By plane

While there are some services to Bagotville, the local Royal Canadian Air Force base, the closest major airport to the area is in the suburb of the Quebec city in Sainte-Foy.

• 48.325085-71.0218431 Saguenay-Bagotville Airport (IATA : YBG, ICAO: CYBG) 7000 Airport Road, La Baie,   1 418 6772227, 1 888 3138777 (free number), fax : 1 450 4434746 – Regular service with Montreal, pretty expensive. (last update August 2015)
• Arrivals and Departures  – Updated information on departures and arrivals for April 27, 2021. (last update August 2018)

Airline company	Destinations
Air Canada Express	YUL Montreal-P. E. Trudeau
Pascan aviation	YBC Baie-Comeau, YYY Mont-Joli, YHU Montreal Saint-Hubert, YZV Sept-Iles, YWK Wabush
Sunwing Airlines	In season : CUN Cancun, POP Puerto Plata-G. Luperon, PUJ Punta cana, VRA Varadero-J. G. Gómez

On a boat

Many cruise ships use the Saguenay River as a stopover during a longer trip.

By train

• VIA RAIL Canada  – Link with Montreal without passing through the region of Quebec city. (last update August 2015)

By bus

• 48.368665-71.0981422 Intercar 4511, boulevard Talbot,   1 418-549-2463, fax : 1 418 696-4852 – Bus connecting the Quebec city South, Tadoussac to the east and Chibougamau to the west passing through the Lac-Saint-Jean. An express coach connects Sainte-Foy and Montreal four days a week. (last update August 2015)

By car

Circulate

By bus

• 48.414363-71.0787531 STS transport 1330, rue Bersimis,   1 418-545-2487, fax : 1 418 545-9976  3 $ C (~2 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 2.21 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ $ 2.42 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 1 313.62 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) per person. – The local bus. (last update August 2015)

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Have a drink / Go out

Housing

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