Charlesbourg

Charlesbourg is a borough of Quebec City, within the northeastern a part of the metropolis and West of the borough of Beauport. The origins of Charlesbourg began with the concession of the seigniory of Notre-Dame-des-Anges in 1626. The seigniory prolonged from the Charles River northward, encompassing the present day boroughs of Limoilou and Charlesbourg. In 1665, the new Intendant of Justice, Jean Talon set out to set up three new villages similarly north on the plateau. This brought about friction with the Jesuits who had been the seignors of the place.

The first of those three villages consisted of a 25-arpent square, in which a five-arpent rectangular turned into reserved for the church, presbytery and cemetery. The homes of the settlers located on the periphery of the Trait Carre and their trapezoidal plots of land form a celebrity form. The second village, that is semicircular because of loss of area, become set up just to the south at Petite-Auvergne and the third become set up in 1667 in Bourg-Royal, to the northeast. This particular association continues to be seen from the air and is the hallmark of Charlesbourg.