La Pocatière
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La Pocatière | |
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![]() View of La Pocatière | |
![]() Location within Kamouraska RCM | |
Coordinates: 47°22′N 70°02′W / 47.367°N 70.033°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Kamouraska |
Settled | 1672 |
Constituted | January 1, 1960 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vincent Bérubé |
• Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière- du-Loup |
• Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
• Land | 21.18 km2 (8.18 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population | |
• Total | 4,078 |
• Density | 192.5/km2 (499/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 2,201 |
Demonyms | Pocatois, Pocatoise |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
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Website | www |
La Pocatière (French pronunciation: [la pɔkatjɛʁ]) is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Pocatière had a population of 4,078 living in 1,981 of its 2,201 total private dwellings, a change of -1% from its 2016 population of 4,120. With a land area of 21.18 km2 (8.18 sq mi), it had a population density of 192.5/km2 (498.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Economy
[edit]Alstom has a 51,135 square metres (550,410 sq ft) plant which manufactures subway and railway cars:
- R62A (New York City Subway car)
- Montreal Metro MR-73 and MPM-10
- Boston Red Line (MBTA) 1800-85 series cars
- MultiLevel Coach cars
- VIA Rail LRC (train) set
- shell for Toronto Transit Commission subway cars (T1 and TR) and streetcars (Flexity Outlook)
The plant was built in 1961 to build Moto-Ski snowmobiles and the plant was converted to railcars in 1971[5] (Bombardier continued to market Moto-Ski until 1985).
Arts and culture
[edit]La Pocatière is home to the Musée François-Pilote, a museum of Quebec ethnology. 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.
Attractions
[edit]Near the city are small isolated hills known as monadnocks. The Montagne du College-de-Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is 119 metres high.
Government
[edit]City council consists of a mayor and six councillors:
As of 2024 the council consisted of:
- Mayor: Vincent Bérubé
- Councillors:
- 1: Guillaume Dufour
- 2: Émilie Dionne
- 3: Marie-Claude Godin
- 4: Mario Guignard
- 5: Simon Fissette
- 6: Steve Leclerc
Education
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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
Sister cities
[edit]La Pocatière is twinned with:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 34210". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Bombardier transportation site fact sheet. La Pocatiere Canada[dead link]
External links
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