Greater Sadbury or Saber [2] ( Eng. Greater Sudbury , until 2001 Sadbury [3] ) is a city in Canada , in Ontario . 157 857 inhabitants (2006). Railroad station. The emergence of Sudbury is associated with the beginning of development of the largest copper-nickel deposit Sudbury and the construction of the Transcanada Railway . The city received its current name in 2001 when six neighboring municipalities joined it.
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Relative to the French Canadian population in the city there is a decrease in its population from 26.3% (2001) to 15.6% (2011). The French language there is much more widespread than in other cities of the province. In addition to the British and French, there are communities of Italians (0.7%), Indians, Finns and Ukrainians.
Non-ferrous metallurgy ( Vale Canada ). Chemical, woodworking, food industry. Production of mining equipment.
In the Craigton mine near the city, at a depth of 2 km underground, the Sadbury Neutrino Observatory (abbr . SNO ) is located.
On the territory of the city is the Inco Superstack chimney - the highest in the entire western hemisphere. It has a height of 380 meters, takes the second line in the after the CN Tower ], also the second line in the list of the highest pipes in the world (after the chimney of Ekibastuz GRES-2 ) and the 40th line in the . Located on the territory of the nickel plant .
Famous Natives
- Brian Savage , Canadian hockey player, winner of the 1994 Olympics.
Notes
- ↑ Canada 2016 Census
- ↑ Topographic maps of the General Staff
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 406. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .