Talk:Bécancour, Quebec

Sectors vs. boroughs

Does anyone have any idea whether the word "sector" is an appropriate English translation of the term "secteur" (which is used in the francophone reference material, e.g. "secteur Bécancour" vs. "Ville de Bécancour")? Would the word "borough" be a better translation? --dragfyre 18:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Sector isn't the right word (it primarily connotes military occupation in English), but I couldn't say with any certainty whether they'd be better described as "boroughs" or "neighbourhoods". Is the use of secteur in French meant to be synonymous with arrondissement, or just "different areas of the town"? Bearcat 21:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The latter, I think... arrondissements are specific to only certain cities and probably carries a more urban connotation than would be applicable in Bécancour. --dragfyre 15:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

District would probably work. Eron 02:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

One possible alternative, which I didn't think of until now, is simply to use the untranslated term secteur, similar to the way the term arrondissement is used in the articles on France and on other francophone cities such as Montreal and Quebec City (etc.) That would effectively eliminate the problem. Thoughts? --dragfyre 15:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I've checked my government online translation guide. Among many definitions for the French secteur, it lists "division d'une entité territoriale créée à des fins administratives particulières," noting that this is from the field of municipal administration - which I think is the type of secteur we are discussing. Unfortunately, unlike every other definition of the term, this one has no English translation. Given that, I'd agree with using the untranslated term. Eron 16:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

lol. --dragfyre 16:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm surprised that it took this long for this to occur to me, but why not use "communities"? It's the term we use on many other equivalent articles. Any objections/discussion? Bearcat 23:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree that the district translation is probably as close as you can get. However Bécancour is the result of the fusion of many municipalities and its population isn't homogeneously (sp?) spread on its territory. Each secteur loosely correspond to a former municipality (many people still say village). Lotheric 07:05, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I would prefer "district" but the official government translation is "sector", according to the Office de la langue francaise "Grande dictionnaire" [1]--Slp1 04:04, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm reviving an old discussion, I know, but I don't find "sector" to have any sort of negative or militaristic connotations (see [https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22sector%20of%20the%20city%22 this web search). With that said, I think in this instance it's 100% synonymous with "districts," so either is appropriate. - Sweet Nightmares 15:37, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

First merged city

Bécancour, Quebec#Description. On August 6, 1965 Laval, Quebec was first. Peter Horn User talk 16:16, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

That's fine; I've reinstated the sentence you removed and changed it to reflect this (one of the first instead of the first). --dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 16:31, 17 August 2010 (UTC)