Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17

administrative regions Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

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 ...

. It is anchored by the provincial capital,

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

, and is largely coextensive with that city's

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

. 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 The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census ...

, with Quebec City having 73.7 percent of the total. Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.

Administrative divisions

Regional county municipalities

Equivalent territory

Independent parish municipality

Notre-Dame-des-Anges Notre-Dame-des-Anges is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, home of the General Hospital of Quebec. Enclaved within the territory of Quebec City, this unusual municipality had a population of 241 and measures only 6 hectares (15 acres) in ...

Native People's Reserve

* Wendake

Major communities

Baie-Saint-Paul Baie-Saint-Paul ( 2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is ...

Boischatel Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel. The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorenc ...

Donnacona Chief Donnacona (died 1539 in France) was the chief of the St. Lawrence Iroquois village of Stadacona, located at the present site of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. French explorer Jacques Cartier, concluding his second voyage to what is now Can ...

L'Ancienne-Lorette L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within Quebec City. It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 as part of a 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, but, after a 2004 refere ...

La Malbaie La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the Province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Malbaie River. It was formerly known as Murray Bay. La Ma ...

* Lac-Beauport * Pont-Rouge

(

Ville de Québec Ville de Québec is the French wording for Quebec City (direct translation: City of Québec) and may also refer to: * HMCS Ville de Quebec, naval vessels named after the city ** HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332), the second and current vessel- a Halif ...

) *

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City. The town was founded in 1691 by three families (Desroches, Racette, Couture). It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 ...

Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is a city in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its urban area is located in the hollow of the Montmorency River valley, northeast of Quebec City. The cit ...

Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier () is a town in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale. The Jacques-Cartier River passes through the city. Loca ...

Saint-Raymond Saint-Raymond, also called Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, is a city in Quebec, Canada, located about north-west of Quebec City. It is the largest city in population and area of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality. Geography Saint-Raymond is ...

* Shannon *

Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a united township municipality (Quebec), united township municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier Regional Co ...

School Districts

25 Districts Francophones manage by 5

school service centre The school service centre (french: centre de services scolaire) is the model of public french school self-governance, which replaced school boards in 2020, in the province of Québec (Canada), appointed by the Ministry of Education. Autonomy Each ...

s : *5 of Commission scolaire de Charlevoix (

Charlevoix Charlevoix ( , ) is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands ...

and

Charlevoix-Est Charlevoix-Est is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont. Subdivisions There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Clermont * La Malbaie ;Municipalities (5 ...

). *5 of Commission scolaire des Découvreurs *5 of

Commission scolaire de la Capitale The Centre de services scolaire de la Capitale is Francophone school service centre of Quebec City. It opened in 1998. Previously Commission des écoles catholiques de Québec operated public Catholic schools of all languages; francophone ones were ...

*5 of Commission scolaire de Portneuf *5 of Commission scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries District Anglophone: *

Central Quebec School Board The Central Québec School Board (CQSB; french: Commission scolaire Central Québec) is an English-language school board in the province of Quebec, Canada, with its headquarters at 2046 chemin Saint-Louis, Quebec City. It is one of nine English-la ...

References

Commission de toponymie - Topos sur le Web - Listing for Capitale-Nationale

External links

Portail régional de la Capitale-Nationale
Official website
CRÉ
{{Subdivisions of Quebec, regions=yes, region=Capitale-Nationale Metropolitan areas of Quebec