Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. Regional County municipality seat is Saint-Pascal. The other main town is La Pocatière, Quebec.
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] [1]
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- Population: 22,494
- % Change (1996-2001): -3.1
- Dwellings: 10,074
- Area (km².): 2,242.75 km²
- Density (persons per km².): 10.0
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[edit] Subdivisions
[edit] Cities
[edit] Municipalities
- Kamouraska
- Mont-Carmel
- Rivière-Ouelle
- Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
- Saint-André
- Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska
- Sainte-Hélène
- Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
- Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth
- Saint-Pacôme
[edit] Parishes
- Saint-Denis
- Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
- Saint-Germain
- Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska
- Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
[edit] Unorganized territories
[edit] External links
- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality Official site.
[edit] Foot notes
- ^ '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.
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Coordinates: 47°33′50″N 69°51′45.5″W / 47.56389°N 69.862639°W
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