Capital-Main road

This article details the Québécois administrative area of the Capital-Main road . For the article of the national capital of Quebec, the town of Quebec , to see Quebec (city). ----

The administrative area of the Capital-Main road is, as its name indicates it, the administrative area where the capital of the Quebec is, the town of Quebec. It is made up of 6 regional municipalities of county (MRC) and 67 municipalities.

Presentation

The area of the Capital-Main road surprises by the richness of its historical heritage, its natural heritage and its culture open on the world. Its population, resolutely turned towards XXIe century, perpetuates the heritage of the French culture in America.

The area counts five of the nine historical districts of Quebec. The district of the Old man-Quebec, including/understanding the site of Place-Royal, is worth in Quebec to be classified among the cities of the world heritage of UNESCO. Cradle of French civilization in America, the Town of Quebec is affirmed since the XVIIe century as well by its culture and its architecture as by its installation which make of it a single strengthened unit, integrated in the urban screen. The historical districts of Beauport, Charlesbourg and Holy-Foy-Sillery testify particularly to the various types of establishment, organization and occupation of the territory. The district of the Île of Orleans expresses its fidelity at its agricultural and maritime origins. The Hotel of the Parliament, classified national historic site, devotes the role of Quebec like national capital, but also soda the bonds between the political history of Quebec, the National Assembly of Quebec and the urban life of the capital.

The area of the Capital-Main road profits from natural big spaces, of which the park of the Jacques-Cartier, the park of the Large-Gardens and the park of the High-Throats of the Malbaie river. For the exceptional character of its inhabited natural territory, the area of Charlevoix was seen decreeing the statute of world reserve of the biosphere by UNESCO. In addition to the activities of outdoor which animate the various regional parks, several centers of interpretation explain the history of the practices and the techniques of exploitation of the natural wealths, knowledge which prevails for the comprehension and the safeguarding of the resources. The scientific culture is with the honor in various fields, through the restoration of the Jacques-Cartier river, the valorization of the Beauport river, the meteoritic crater of Charlevoix, entomology, the horticulture, etc

Demography

Population: 671.468 (2006)
Surface: 18.639 km ²
Density: 36 hab. /km ²
Birth rate: 9,6 ‰ (2006)
Death rate: 7,5 ‰ (2006)

Source: Statistical institute of Quebec

Regional municipalities of county

Charlevoix, whose chief town is Bay-Saint-Paul.
Charlevoix-Is, whose chief town is Malbaie.
the Coast-of-Bowsprit, whose chief town is Castle-Richer.
the Jacques-Cartier, whose chief town is Shannon.
Island-in Orleans, whose chief town is Holy-Family.
Portneuf, whose chief town is Cape-Health.

Municipalities except MRC

Parish of Our-Lady-of-Angels
Town of Quebec

Indigenous municipality except MRC

Indian Reserve of Wendake

External bonds

MRC the Jacques-Cartier * Regional gate of the Capital-Main road

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