Capitale-Nationale




Administrative region in Quebec, Canada


























































Capitale-Nationale
Administrative region
LocationCapitale-Nationale.png
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 Canada
Province
Quebec Quebec
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (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
[1]

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

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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  2. ^ "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.


  3. ^ "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


External links








  • Portail régional de la Capitale-Nationale Official website

  • CRÉ










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