Capitale-Nationale

Capitale-Nationale
Administrative region
Coordinates: 47°20′N 71°30′W / 47.333°N 71.500°WCoordinates: 47°20′N 71°30′W / 47.333°N 71.500°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)	6 RCM, 1 ET Charlevoix Charlevoix-Est La Côte-de-Beaupré L'Île-d'Orléans La Jacques-Cartier Portneuf Agglomeration of Quebec City (ET)
Government
• Regional conference of elected officers	Jean Fortin (President)
Area[1]
• Land	18,796.86 km^2 (7,257.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	700,616
• Density	37.3/km^2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code	G
Area code	418, 581
Website	www.capitale-nationale.gouv.qc.ca
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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]

Subdivisions

Regional County Municipalities

Regional County Municipality (RCM)	Population Canada 2011 Census[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km^2)	Seat of RCM
Charlevoix	13,338	3,765.10 km^2 (1,453.71 sq mi)	3.5	Baie-Saint-Paul
Charlevoix-Est	16,240	2,305.84 km^2 (890.29 sq mi)	7.0	Clermont
La Côte-de-Beaupré	26,172	4,865.73 km^2 (1,878.67 sq mi)	5.4	Château-Richer
L'Île-d'Orléans	6,711	192.81 km^2 (74.44 sq mi)	34.8	Sainte-Famille
La Jacques-Cartier	36,883	3,194.99 km^2 (1,233.59 sq mi)	11.5	Shannon
Portneuf	49,370	3,923.24 km^2 (1,514.77 sq mi)	12.6	Cap-Santé
Agglomeration of Quebec City (Equivalent territory)	551,508	547.49 km^2 (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

1. "(Code 2420) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
2. "Modification aux municipalités du Québec, 2000" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. ISSN 0843-8250.
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