Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Pascal, but the largest town is La Pocatière.
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Kamouraska | |
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Coordinates: 47°32′N 69°49′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]