Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. Regional County municipality seat is Saint-Pascal

Saint-Pascal, Quebec

Saint-Pascal is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. It is in the Bas-Saint-Laurent Region.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Cécile Joseph...

. The other main town is La Pocatière, Quebec

La Pocatière, Quebec

La Pocatière is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.A Bombardier plant which manufactures subway and railway cars is located there. Educational institutions include the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Cégep de La Pocatière...

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The area is an important research, development and education centre for agriculture

Agriculture

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. 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

Pascal Taché

Pascal Taché, , was the son of Jean Taché, a successful merchant and trader and the patriarch of this important Canadian family....

, an early seigneur

Seigneurial system of New France

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The name "Kamouraska" comes from an Algonquin

Algonquin language

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 word meaning "where rushes grow at the water's edge".

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada

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 Census:

• Population: 22,494
• % Change (1996-2001): -3.1
• Dwellings: 10,074
• Area (km².): 2,242.75 km²
• Density (persons per km².): 10.0

Municipalities

• Kamouraska
  Kamouraska, Quebec
  Kamouraska is a municipality on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Regional County Municipality of Kamouraska...
  
  
• Mont-Carmel
  Mont-Carmel, Quebec
  Mont-Carmel is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Yvon Soucy...
  
  
• Rivière-Ouelle
  Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec
  Rivière-Ouelle is a town located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River; the Ouelle River flows through the town...
  
  
• Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
  Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec
  Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Luc Chouinard...
  
  
• Saint-André
  Saint-André, Quebec
  Saint-André is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Gervais Darisse* Councillors: please insert info...
  
  
• Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska
  Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska, Quebec
  Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Gilles Bois...
  
  
• Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
  Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant, Quebec
  Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named for St. Gabriel Lalemant, one of the Canadian Martyrs.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Raymond Chouinard...
  
  
• Saint-Pacôme
  Saint-Pacôme, Quebec
  Saint-Pacôme is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Gervais Lévesque...
  
  

Parishes

• Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
  Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec
  Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Miles McCall...
  
  
• Saint-Denis
  Saint-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec
  Saint-Denis is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Mireille Dionne-Bérubé...
  
  
• Saint-Germain
  Saint-Germain, Quebec
  Saint-Germain is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Bernard Roy...
  
  
• Sainte-Hélène
  Sainte-Hélène, Quebec
  Saint-Hélène is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Vacancy...
  
  
• Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska
  Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska, Quebec
  Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Sylvain Roy...
  
  
• Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth
  Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth, Quebec
  Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Ghislaine Milliard-Lavoie...
  
  
• Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
  Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Quebec
  Saint-Philippe-de-Néri is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Gilles Lévesque...
  
  

Unorganized territories

• Petit-Lac-Sainte-Anne
• Picard

External links

• Kamouraska Regional County Municipality Official site.

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