Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale 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, with Quebec City having 73.7 percent of the total.
Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.
Subdivisions
;Regional County MunicipalitiesRegional County Municipality | Population 2016 Canadian Census | Land Area | Density | Seat of RCM |
Charlevoix | 12,997 | 3.5 | Baie-Saint-Paul | |
Charlevoix-Est | 15,509 | 6.7 | Clermont | |
La Côte-de-Beaupré | 28,199 | 5.8 | Château-Richer | |
L'Île-d'Orléans | 7,082 | 36.7 | Sainte-Famille | |
La Jacques-Cartier | 43,485 | 13.6 | Shannon | |
Portneuf | 53,008 | 13.5 | Cap-Santé | |
Agglomeration of Quebec City | 551,508 | 1,007.3 | Quebec City |
;Independent Parish
;Native People's Reserve
- Wendake
Major communities
- Baie-Saint-Paul
- Boischatel
- Donnacona
- L'Ancienne-Lorette
- La Malbaie
- Lac-Beauport
- Pont-Rouge
- Quebec City
- Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
- Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
- Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
- Saint-Raymond
- Shannon
- Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
School Districts
25 Districts Francophones manege by 5 school service centres :- 5 of Commission scolaire de Charlevoix.
- 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