Capitale-Nationale

Capitale-Nationale
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Quebec
Residents	701,204 (2011)
surface	18,638.7 km²
Population density	37.6 inhabitants / km²

Capitale-Nationale is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the southeast of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is further divided into six regional county municipalities (municipalités régionales de comté) and 69 municipalities, reserves and unincorporated areas. The administrative seat is in the provincial capital Québec .

The population is 701,204 (2011), the land area 18,638.7 km², which corresponds to a population density of 37.6 inhabitants per km². 99.1% of the population speak French and 0.5% speak English as their main language.

In the north, Capitale-Nationale borders the administrative region Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean , in the north-east on Côte-Nord , in the east on Bas-Saint-Laurent , in the south on Chaudière-Appalaches , in the south-west on Center-du-Québec , im West to Mauricie .

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

• Charlevoix
• Charlevoix-Est
• La Cote-de-Beaupré
• La Jacques-Cartier
• L'Île-d'Orléans
• Portneuf

Municipalities outside an MRC:

• Quebec
• L'Ancienne-Lorette
• Notre-Dame-des-Anges
• Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Reserve outside an MRC:

• Wendake

Web links

Commons : Capitale-Nationale  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Capitale-Nationale region
• Statistical data