La Pocatière is a

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in the

Kamouraska Regional County Municipality Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Pascal, but the largest town is La Pocatière. The area is an important research, development and education centre for agric ...

in the

Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence), is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlanti ...

region of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, La Pocatière had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy

Alstom has a plant which manufactures subway and railway cars: *

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* Montreal Metro MR-73 and

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* Boston

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1800-85 series cars * MultiLevel Coach cars *

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subway cars (T1 and TR) and streetcars (

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) The plant was built in 1961 to build Moto-Ski

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and the plant was converted to railcars in 1971http://www.bombardier.com/content/dam/Websites/bombardiercom/Sites/supporting-documents/Bombardier-Transportation-SiteFactSheet-LaPocatiere-Canada-en.pdf (Bombardier continued to market Moto-Ski until 1985).

Culture and attractions

La Pocatière is home to the Musée François-Pilote, a museum of

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. The museum features exhibits on the history of agricultural education, a number of historical period rooms, stuffed bird and animal displays, and presentations on other aspects of local history. Near the city are small isolated hills known as monadnocks. The Montagne du College-de-Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is 119 metres high.

City council

City council consists of a mayor and 6 councillors: As of 2017 the council consists of: * Mayor: Sylvain Hudon * Councillors: ** 1: Lise Bellefeuille ** 2: Claude Brochu ** 3: Steve Leclerc ** 4: Pierre Darveau ** 5: Lise Garneau, ** 6: Louise Lacoursière

Education

There are three post-secondary institutions in La Pocatière: * Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière - c. 1827 * Cégep de La Pocatière c. 1967 * Institut de technologie agroalimentaire - agro-food technology institute with focus on equines (horses) at the La Pocatière campus The town has three public schools under the Commission scolaire de Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup: * École Sacré-Coeur - elementary school * École Polyvalente La Pocatière - secondary school * Éducation des adultes - adult learning

Twin towns

La Pocatière is twinned with: *

Coutances Coutances () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. History Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of ''Constantia'' in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chloru ...

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References

External links

City web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:La Pocatiere, Quebec Cities and towns in Quebec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia