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Jamésie and Eeyou Istchee equivalent territories combined
Jamésie is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Quebec. Its geographical code is 991.
Together with the TEs of Kativik and Eeyou Istchee, it forms the administrative region and census division (CD) of Nord-du-Québec
It is located to the east of James Bay, after which the region is named. It has a land area of 298,199.45 km² (115,135.45 sq mi, or larger than the U.S. state of Arizona) and a 2006 census population of 14,871 inhabitants. (The original 2006 census land area was reduced by about 1.74 percent and the population was reduced by 47.25 percent by the creation and departure of the Eeyou Istchee communities in 2007.) Chibougamau is the largest community in both Jamésie Territory and Nord-du-Québec.
The TE of Jamésie consists of:
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