Capitale-Nationale (French pronunciation: [kapital nɑsjɔnal]; English: National Capital region) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the 2021 Canadian census, with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.
It was established in 1966 as one of the original administrative regions of Quebec. Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.
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Administrative divisions
Independent parish municipality
Notre-Dame-des-Anges
Native People's Reserve
Wendake
School Districts
25 francophone districts managed by 5 school service centres:
5 of Commission scolaire de Charlevoix (Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est).
5 of Commission scolaire des Découvreurs
5 of Commission scolaire de la Capitale
5 of Commission scolaire de Portneuf
5 of Commission scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries
Anglophone district:
Central Quebec School Board