Americas

Québec

Quebec City

no article

Going there, being there

à Québec

Coming from

de Québec

Why

Québec is a city name, and a city takes à, with no article: à Québec.

The people

un Québécois, une Québécoise

Example

Les remparts entourent la vieille ville à Québec.

The walls surround the old town in Quebec City.

Worth knowing

The preposition tells the city from the province: à Québec is the city, au Québec is the province. Luxembourg and Panama work the same way, the city and the country sharing a name.

Read the full lesson : Prepositions of place →

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