Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
| Kamouraska | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 47°32′N 69°49′W / 47.533°N 69.817°WCoordinates: 47°32′N 69°49′W / 47.533°N 69.817°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Saint-Pascal |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Yvon Soucy |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 2,603.70 km2 (1,005.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,244.25 km2 (866.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 21,492 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 2.7% |
| • Dwellings | 10,383 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website |
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Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. Regional County municipality seat is Saint-Pascal. The other main town is La Pocatière, Quebec.
The area is an important research, development and education centre for agriculture. Factories in the region produce metal products and public transportation equipment. One of the people instrumental in settling and developing this area was Pascal Taché, an early seigneur.
The name "Kamouraska" comes from an Algonquin word meaning "where rushes grow at the water's edge". [4]
Subdivisions
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141101 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 140 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2414) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ 'Kamouraska' comes from the Abenaki, ska moraskua, which means "birch bark here", "there is some white birch bark". This sort of birch bark is used for making canoes and wigwams.
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality Official site.
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