Capitale-Nationale
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Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the 2021 Canadian census, with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Capitale-Nationale
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Administrative region
- Settlement.image_map
- Capitale-Nationale in Quebec.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Québec
- Settlement.parts_type
- Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
- Settlement.parts_style
- coll
- Settlement.parts
- 6 RCM, 1 ET
- Settlement.p1
- Charlevoix
- Settlement.p2
- Charlevoix-Est
- Settlement.p3
- La Côte-de-Beaupré
- Settlement.p4
- L'Île-d'Orléans
- Settlement.p5
- La Jacques-Cartier
- Settlement.p6
- Portneuf
- Settlement.p7
- Agglomeration of Quebec City (ET)
- Settlement.leader_party
- President
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Administrative divisions
- Regional county municipalities
- Equivalent territory
- Independent parish municipality
- Native People's Reserve
- Major communities
- School Districts
- See also
- References
- External links
Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the 2021 Canadian census, with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.
It was established in 1966 as one of the original administrative regions of Quebec. Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capitale-Nationale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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