Capitale-Nationale

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	18,684.78 km2 (7,214.23 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	757,950
• Density	40.6/km2 (105/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 18,684.78 km². It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the Canada 2021 Census,^[1] with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Capitale-Nationale [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
^ "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.

[census2021-1] "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Capitale-Nationale [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2024.

[2] "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.

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