Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
| Kamouraska | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 47°32′N 69°49′W / 47.533°N 69.817°WCoordinates: 47°32′N 69°49′W / 47.533°N 69.817°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Saint-Pascal |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Yvon Soucy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,603.70 km2 (1,005.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,244.25 km2 (866.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,492 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 2.7% |
| • Dwellings | 10,383 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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.
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".
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
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