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Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale
Administrative region
	Coordinates: 47°20′N 71°30′W / 47.333°N 71.500°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)	6 RCM, 1 ET Charlevoix; Charlevoix-Est; La Côte-de-Beaupré; L'Île-d'Orléans; La Jacques-Cartier; Portneuf; Agglomeration of Quebec City (ET);
Government
• Forum des élus de la région de la Capitale-Nationale (Regional conference of elected officers)	Jean Fortin (President)
Area
• Land	18,797.45 km2 (7,257.74 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	729,997
• Density	38.8/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	G
Area code	418, 581
Website	www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/organisation-municipale/organisation-territoriale/regions-administratives/capitale-nationale/

Capitale-Nationale (French pronunciation: [kapital nɑsjɔnal]; English: National Capital region) 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 18,797.45 km². It reported a total resident population of 729,997 as of the Canada 2016 Census,^[1] with Quebec City having 73.7 percent of the total.

Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.^[2]

Administrative divisions edit

Regional county municipalities edit

Regional County Municipality (RCM)	Population 2016 Canadian Census^[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km²)	Seat of RCM
Charlevoix	12,997	3,763.22 km² (1,452.99 sq mi)	3.5	Baie-Saint-Paul
Charlevoix-Est	15,509	2,307.23 km² (890.83 sq mi)	6.7	Clermont
La Côte-de-Beaupré	28,199	4,865.97 km² (1,878.76 sq mi)	5.8	Château-Richer
L'Île-d'Orléans	7,082	192.85 km² (74.46 sq mi)	36.7	Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
La Jacques-Cartier	43,485	3,195.75 km² (1,233.89 sq mi)	13.6	Shannon
Portneuf	53,008	3,923.70 km² (1,514.95 sq mi)	13.5	Cap-Santé

Equivalent territory edit

Territory Equivalent to a RCM (TE)	Population Canada 2016 Census^[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km²)	Seat of RCM
Agglomeration of Quebec City	551,508	547.49 km² (211.39 sq mi)	1,007.3	Quebec City

Independent parish municipality edit

Notre-Dame-des-Anges

Native People's Reserve edit

Wendake

Major communities edit

School Districts edit

25 Districts Francophones manage by 5 school service centres :

5 of Commission scolaire de Charlevoix (Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est).^[4]
5 of Commission scolaire des Découvreurs
5 of Commission scolaire de la Capitale
5 of Commission scolaire de Portneuf
5 of Commission scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries

District Anglophone:

Central Quebec School Board

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Capitale-Nationale [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
^ "Modification aux municipalités du Québec, 2000" (PDF). Plan Stratégique. Institut de la statistique du Québec. ISSN 0843-8250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-05-09.
^ ^a ^b "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "Gouvernance scolaire".