La Pocatière
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La Pocatière (French pronunciation: [la pɔkatjɛʁ]) is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
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La Pocatière | |
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Coordinates: 47°22′N 70°02′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Kamouraska |
Settled | 1672 |
Constituted | January 1, 1960 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sylvain Hudon |
• Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière- du-Loup |
• Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
• Land | 21.73 km2 (8.39 sq mi) |
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Population | |
• Total | 4,266 |
• Density | 196.3/km2 (508/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 6.8% |
• Dwellings | 2,137 |
Demonyms | Pocatois, Pocatoise |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 (TCH) | R-132 R-230 |
Website | www |
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