La Tuque
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Downtown La Tuque
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| Motto: Industriis et labore cresco (Industry and work to grow) |
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 Location within Les Chenaux RCM. |
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 La Tuque
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| Coordinates: 47°26′N 72°47′W / 47.433°N 72.783°WCoordinates: 47°26′N 72°47′W / 47.433°N 72.783°W | ||
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Mauricie | |
| RCM | None | |
| Settled | 1850s | |
| Constituted | March 26, 2003 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Normand Beaudoin | |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain | |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 28,098.60 km2 (10,848.93 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 25,113.70 km2 (9,696.45 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 25.84 km2 (9.98 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • City | 11,227 | |
| • Density | 0.4/km2 (1/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 9,506 | |
| • Urban density | 367.9/km2 (953/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 5.0% |
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| • Dwellings | 7,373 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G9X | |
| Area code(s) | 819 | |
| Highways |
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| Website | www latuque |
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La Tuque is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area.
While the urban area of La Tuque is relatively small, as of 2012, its entire territory is the largest municipality in Canada. It consists of almost all the entire former regional county municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, and includes the settlements of Carignan, La Croche, Fitzpatrick, Oskelaneo, Parent, Rapide-Blanc, Rivière-aux-Rats, and Sanmaur. Enclosed by but administratively not part of the city are the three Indian Reserves of Coucoucache, Obedjiwan, and Wemotaci.
The local economy centres on pulp and paper; the city has a pulp-milling centre as well as a major hydroelectric station. As the gateway to the upper Mauricie, La Tuque's economy also offers outdoor tourism opportunities and caters to hunting and fishing trips in its large hinterland; the city is known as the Queen of Haute-Mauricie and the Classique internationale de canots de la Mauricie canoeing race begins at La Tuque.
The name, which dates to the eighteenth century, originates from a nearby rock formation which resembles the well-known French-Canadian hat known as the tuque.
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