Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | |
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Location within Kamouraska RCM | |
Coordinates: 47°40′54″N69°37′30″W / 47.68167°N 69.62500°W Coordinates: 47°40′54″N69°37′30″W / 47.68167°N 69.62500°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Kamouraska |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Victor Morin |
• Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
• Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 116.50 km2 (44.98 sq mi) |
• Land | 111.49 km2 (43.05 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,050 |
• Density | 18.4/km2 (48/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 9.0% |
• Dwellings | 870 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 (TCH) | Route 230 Route 289 |
Website | www |
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.
Before July 5, 1997, it was known simply as Saint-Alexandre.
The parish of Saint-Alexandre was founded in the first half of the 19th Century. [1] It was canonically erected in 1851. [1] The post office was first opened in 1854 under the name "Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska". [1] The parish municipality of Saint-Alexandre was then created in 1855. [1] In 1997, its status was changed to a municipality alongside its name, which became Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska. [1]
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries: [1]
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada.
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The Boucanée River is a tributary of the lake Pohenegamook, flowing in the southern part of the Gaspé Peninsula, in the municipalities of Saint-Athanase, Quebec and Pohenegamook, Quebec, in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, in Canada.
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