Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Kamouraska (French pronunciation: [kamuʁaska] ⓘ) is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Pascal, but the largest town is La Pocatière.
Kamouraska | |
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 Inselbergs in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. | |
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| Coordinates: 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 | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Sylvain Roy |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,603.70 km2 (1,005.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,244.73 km2 (866.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 21,073 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  1.9% |
| • Dwellings | 10,645 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | mrckamouraska |
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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". [citation needed] [5]
Geography
editAdjacent counties and municipalities
edit- Aroostook County, Maine – southeast
- L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Quebec – southwest
Subdivisions
editThere are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
editAccess routes
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141101". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 140". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Kamouraska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (Code 2414) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ '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
edit- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality Official site