Effective January 1, 1982 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Population 21,492 (2011) | Region Bas-Saint-Laurent County seat Saint-Pascal Area code(s) 418 and 581 Province Québec | |
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Points of interest Centre d'art de Kamouraska, Musée Régional de Kamo, Musée québécois de l’agric, Zone Aventure Plein Air Destinations Kamouraska - Quebec, La Pocatière, Saguenay–St Lawrence Marine P, Saint‑Pascal - Quebec, Saint‑Pacôme | ||
Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. Regional County municipality seat is Saint-Pascal. The other main town is La Pocatière, Quebec.
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Map of Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada
The area is an important research, development and education centre for agriculture. 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, an early seigneur.
The name "Kamouraska" comes from an Algonquin word meaning "where rushes grow at the water's edge".
Subdivisions
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
References
Kamouraska Regional County Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA