Centre-du-Québec
Sign in to saveCentre-du-Québec (, Central Quebec) is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Centre-du-Québec
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region
- Settlement.image_map
- Centre-du-Québec in Quebec.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Centre-du-Québec in relation to Quebec.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.leader_party
- President
- Settlement.leader_title
- Table des MRC du Centre-du-Québec (Regional conference of elected officers)
- Settlement.leader_name
- Lionel Fréchette
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 6930.05
- Settlement.population_total
- 242,399
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 35.0
- Settlement.website
- www.centreduquebec.gouv.qc.ca
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Administrative divisions
- Regional county municipalities
- Nation Waban-Aki
- Major communities
- Highways
- See also
- References
- External links
Centre-du-Québec (, Central Quebec) is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
==Description== left|thumb|Open farmland—A typical scene in the Centre-du-Québec. The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie).