Capitale-Nationale
National Capital | |
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Administrative region | |
Coordinates: 47°20′N 71°30′W / 47.333°N 71.500°W / 47.333; -71.500Coordinates: 47°20′N 71°30′W / 47.333°N 71.500°W / 47.333; -71.500 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET) | 6 RCM, 1 ET
|
Government | |
• Regional conference of elected officers | Jean Fortin (President) |
Area [1] | |
• Land | 18,796.86 km2 (7,257.51 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 700,616 |
• Density | 37.3/km2 (97/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code | G |
Area code | 418, 581 |
Website | www.gouv.qc.ca/EN/LeQuebec/Pages/CapitaleNationale.aspx |
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Capitale-Nationale (French pronunciation: [kapital nasjɔnal]; English: National Capital region) is one of 17 administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. Quebec City, Quebec's centre of government, is located in this region. It has a land area of 18,796.86 km2. It reported a total resident population of 700,616 as of the Canada 2011 Census,[1] with Quebec City having 73.7 percent of the total.
Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.[2]
Contents
1 Subdivisions
2 Major communities
3 School Boards
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Subdivisions
- Regional County Municipalities
Regional County Municipality (RCM) | Population Canada 2011 Census[3] | Land Area | Density (pop. per km2) | Seat of RCM |
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Charlevoix | 13,338 | 3,765.10 km2 (1,453.71 sq mi) | 3.5 | Baie-Saint-Paul |
Charlevoix-Est | 16,240 | 2,305.84 km2 (890.29 sq mi) | 7.0 | Clermont |
La Côte-de-Beaupré | 26,172 | 4,865.73 km2 (1,878.67 sq mi) | 5.4 | Château-Richer |
L'Île-d'Orléans | 6,711 | 192.81 km2 (74.44 sq mi) | 34.8 | Sainte-Famille |
La Jacques-Cartier | 36,883 | 3,194.99 km2 (1,233.59 sq mi) | 11.5 | Shannon |
Portneuf | 49,370 | 3,923.24 km2 (1,514.77 sq mi) | 12.6 | Cap-Santé |
Agglomeration of Quebec City (Equivalent territory) | 551,508 | 547.49 km2 (211.39 sq mi) | 1,007.3 | Quebec City |
- Independent Parish
- Notre-Dame-des-Anges
- Native People's Reserve
- Wendake
Major communities
- Baie-Saint-Paul
- Boischatel
- Donnacona
- L'Ancienne-Lorette
- La Malbaie
- Lac-Beauport
- Pont-Rouge
Quebec City (Ville de Québec)- Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
- Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
- Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
- Saint-Raymond
- Shannon
- Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
School Boards
Francophone:
- Commission scolaire de Charlevoix (Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est).
- Commission scolaire des Découvreurs
- Commission scolaire de la Capitale
- Commission scolaire de Portneuf
- Commission scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries
Anglophone:
- Central Quebec School Board
See also
- List of Quebec regions
References
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^ "Modification aux municipalités du Québec, 2000" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. ISSN 0843-8250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-05-09.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- Commission de toponymie - Topos sur le Web - Listing for Capitale-Nationale
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