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
Regional county municipality
Inselbergs in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska.
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 [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Sylvain Roy
Area [2][3]
• 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 codes	418 and 581
Website	mrckamouraska.com
[4]

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

• Aroostook County, Maine – southeast
• L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Quebec – southwest

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) La Pocatière Saint-Pascal

Municipalities (12) Kamouraska Mont-Carmel Rivière-Ouelle Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska Saint-André-de-Kamouraska Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth Saint-Pacôme

Parishes (3) Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska Saint-Philippe-de-Néri

Unorganized Territory (2) Petit-Lac-Sainte-Anne Picard

Transportation

Access routes

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

Autoroutes A-20 (TCH)

Principal Highways R-132

Secondary Highways R-230 R-287 R-289

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec