Quebec City Quebec City Quebec City (pronounced or ; ; , Abenaki language: Kephek), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016 (an increase of 3.0% from 2011), and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016 (an increase of 4.3% from 2011), making it the second largest city in Quebec after Montreal, and the seventh largest metropolitan area and eleventh largest city in the country. Until the early 19th century it was the metropolis of present-day Canada, after which it was surpassed by
Metropolitan City of Naples capital city. Due to the presence of Vesuvius and Phlegraean Fields, the city is vulnerable to seismic and volcanic activity. The city is 96th out of 110 Italian provinces and metropolitan cities by landmass, with an area (1,171 km² including islands) that is smaller than the core "comune" of Rome (1,287 km²). Naples is nevertheless Italy's 3rd largest city by population, making it one of the most densely populated areas in Europe; the metropolitan region also includes the municipality of Casavatore, the highest-density municipality in Italy (at 12,000 inhabitants/km²). While it contains more than half of Campania's population, it only