Kamouraska Regional County Municipality

Kamouraska
Regional county municipality
Inselbergs in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska.
Inselbergs in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska.
Location of Kamouraska
Coordinates: 47°32′N 69°49′W / 47.533°N 69.817°W / 47.533; -69.817[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatSaint-Pascal
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectSylvain Roy
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
2,603.70 km2 (1,005.29 sq mi)
 • Land2,244.73 km2 (866.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
21,073
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
Decrease 1.9%
 • Dwellings
10,645
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitemrckamouraska.com
[4]

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.

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

Adjacent counties and municipalities

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141101". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 140". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Kamouraska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (Code 2414) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  5. ^ '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.
  6. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map