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Capitale-Nationale is one of 17
administrative regions of
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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Quebec CityQuébec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
, Quebec's centre of government, is located in this region. It has a land area of 18,638.7 km
2 (7,196.4 sq mi). It reported a total resident population of 661,060 at the
2006 censusStatistics Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture....
, with Quebec City having 74.3 percent of the total.
Subdivisions
Regional County Municipalities
- Charlevoix
Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Baie-Saint-Paul.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 13,166*% Change : -2.0*Dwellings: 5,924...
- Charlevoix-Est
Charlevoix-Est is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Clermont.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 16,624*% Change : -1.9*Dwellings: 6,893...
- La Côte-de-Beaupré
300px|rightLa Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. Regional County municipality seat is Château-Richer, Quebec. The municipality has a land area of 4,864.67 km² and a 2006 census population of 23,015 inhabitants. Its largest community is the...
- L'Île-d'Orléans
L'Île-d'Orléans is a Regional County Municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is in Sainte-Famille. The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of...
- La Jacques-Cartier
La Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec. The seat is in Shannon...
- Portneuf
Portneuf is a Regional County Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. The county administrative seat is Cap-Santé.- History :The Regional County Municipality of Portneuf was constituted as a regional administrative entity on November 25th 1981 by a Provincial decree creating the supralocal...
Independent Cities
- L'Ancienne-Lorette
L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb to the west of Quebec City. It had been merged with Quebec City from [January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005, but was re-established as a separate city on January 1 2006 following a referendum on June 20, 2004.Its history...
- Quebec City
Québec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
- Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City.The town was founded in 1691 by three families...
Independent Parish
- Notre-Dame-des-Anges
Notre-Dame-des-Anges is a parish municipality in Quebec.Enclaved within the territory of Quebec City, this unusual municipality, lacking any governmental structure, measures only 6 hectares in area and has a population of 437. At a density of according to Statistics Canada, it is one of the...
Native People's Reserve
- Wendake
Wendake is the current name for the Huron-Wendat reserve, an enclave within Quebec City, Quebec. This was formerly known as Village-des-Hurons, or "Huron Village", and also as -Lorette. The Huron-Wendat of Wendake originally came from the Georgian Bay region...
Major communities
- Baie-Saint-Paul
Baie-Saint-Paul is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The name gained some prominence in the 1770s when Doctor Philippe-Louis-François Badelard named a disease he was...
- Boischatel
Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec, Canada. As of 2001, the town had a population of 4,303. Michel Guimond, current whip of the Bloc Québécois, first started his political career here as a city councillor. The town was originally called...
- Donnacona
Donnacona is an industrial town of approximately 6,000 inhabitants located about 40 km west of Quebec City in Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada. Many people beliefs the name of the city is in relation to the one of Donnacona, a Wendat chief from the 16th century who was taken to France...
- L'Ancienne-Lorette
L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb to the west of Quebec City. It had been merged with Quebec City from [January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005, but was re-established as a separate city on January 1 2006 following a referendum on June 20, 2004.Its history...
- La Malbaie
La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Malbaie River....
- Lac-Beauport
Lac-Beauport is a little town in Quebec, Canada. It has a population of about 6010 people, and lies about 25 kilometers from Quebec City.Lac-Beauport is the home of Le Relais ski center.-Famous people:* Philippe Belanger, Freetyle skiing pioneer...
- Pont-Rouge
Pont-Rouge is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It was formerly called Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge.In 2001 the population was estimated at 7,146.-References:**...
- Quebec City
Québec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
- Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City.The town was founded in 1691 by three families...
- Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
- Saint-Raymond
Saint-Raymond, also called Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, is a city located about 63 kilometers north-west of Quebec City. Its population of around 9000 makes it the largest city of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality.- Economy :...
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