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Deschambault-Grondines is a municipality of about 2100 inhabitants in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Portneuf Regional County Municipality. The municipality was incorporated in 2002 by the merger of the formerly independent villages of Deschambault and Grondines.〔http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modfev02.pdf〕 The name Grondines was named by Samuel de Champlain himself. "Grondines" is from the French verb "gronder", meaning to rumble or roar. In 1674, The Grondines windmill was built and is the oldest windmill in Québec. The windmill was first a flour mill, and then a lighthouse. In 1842 the church Saint-Charles-Borromée was built in Grondines. In 2006 the local Fromagerie des Grondines was built, it is an organic cheese farm open to the public. Some of the famous people who lived here include filmmaker Denys Arcand, who was born in Deschambault. ==Demographics== Population trend:〔Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census〕 * Population in 2011: 2131 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.9%) * Population in 2006: 2032 * Population total in 2001: 1965 * * Deschambault: 1263 * * Grondines: 702 * Population in 1996: * * Deschambault: 1240 * * Grondines: 718 * Population in 1991: * * Deschambault: 1213 * * Grondines: 654 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 951 (total dwellings: 1043) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 98.8% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 1.2% 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deschambault-Grondines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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