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Revision as of 17:08, 11 March 2006
Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into 17 administrative regions. More traditionally and non-officially, it is divided into about 20 regions.
Administrative
- Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
- Capitale-Nationale
- Mauricie
- Estrie
- Montréal
- Outaouais
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Côte-Nord
- Nord-du-Québec
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Chaudière-Appalaches
- Laval
- Lanaudière
- Laurentides
- Montérégie
- Centre-du-Québec
Rankings
Population
- Montréal 1,876,932
- Montérégie 1,352,166
- Capitale-Nationale 663,070
- Laurentides 499,882
- Lanaudière 413,611
- Chaudière-Appalaches 393,415
- Laval 364,756
- Outaouais 338,491
- Estrie 297,917
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 277,007
- Mauricie 259,424
- Centre-du-Québec 224,991
- Bas-Saint-Laurent 202,095
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue 145,321
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 96,929
- Côte-Nord 96,861
- Nord-du-Québec 39,892
Area (sq. km) (excluding lakes and rivers)
- Nord-du-Québec 718,229
- Côte-Nord 236,700
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 95,893
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue 57,340
- Mauricie 35,452
- Outaouais 30,504
- Bas-Saint-Laurent 22,185
- Laurentides 20,560
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 20,272
- Capitale-Nationale 18,639
- Chaudière-Appalaches 15,071
- Lanaudière 12,313
- Montérégie 11,111
- Estrie 10,195
- Centre-du-Québec 6,921
- Montréal 498
- Laval 246
- Source: [1]
Traditional
- Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Charlevoix
- Saguenay
- Lac-Saint-Jean
- Quebec City region (corresponds to Capitale-Nationale)
- Mauricie
- Estrie (smaller than Cantons-de-l'Est , the Eastern Townships)
- Montreal region
- Outaouais
- Abitibi
- Témiscamingue
- Côte-Nord
- Nord-du-Québec (or Grand-Nord; includes Nunavik and Jamésie or James Bay)
- Gaspésie
- Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches)
- Lanaudière
- Laurentides
- Montérégie
- Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec)