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Roberval at a glance
Population : 10 744 residents
Main employers :
- Hôtel-Dieu de Roberval;
- LeggetWood (Bois-Aisé);
- Commission scolaire du Pays-des-Bleuets
Main cultural places :
- Bibliothèque Georges-Henri-Lévesque (Multidisciplinary showroom and exhibitions in the librairy);
- Auditorium Fernand-Bilodeau - 390 seat theater (renovated en 2005)
- Cultural and Community room Center - Théâtre Mic-Mac plays here (renovated in2006)
- Auditorium des Augustines (Hôtel-Dieu).
Recognized Cultural Place : (Listed in the Répertoire des biens culturels du Québec). To be chosen as cultural heritage, the cultural place must, amongst others, have marked Québec's history and be recognized locally and regionally) : La Maison Donaldson.
Main economical sector
- Government services;
- Forestry and wood transformation;
- Manufacturing (components, machining shops);
- Trade and services (more than 300 businesses).
Main services
- Healthcare and social services :
- 318-bed hospital;
- CLSC (Local center for community health)
- CRDI (Centre de réadaptation en déficience intellectuelle du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (rehab center for mental deficiency).
- Education :
- Grade schools and high school;
- Professionnal training center;
- L'Envol - Adult education center;
- Commission scolaire du Pays-des-Bleuets
- Airport with daily connection to Montréal;
- Courtroom and detention center;
- SOPFEU (Agency to fight forest fires);
- Sûreté du Québec.
Industrial Infrastructures
- Four industrial zones, including a new 3 600 000 sq. f. (722 500 square meters) with natural gas, electricity, water and sewers;
- Access : Route 169, Railway with services and airport nearby.
Development projects (all completed)
- Burial of downtown cable networks (accomplished in 2004);
- Construction of Maxi supermarket – 40 000 sq. f. (accomplished in 2004);
- Construction of a new fire station (accomplished in 2004)
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