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La Pocatière (French pronunciation: [la pɔkatjɛʁ]) is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
La Pocatière | |
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 View of La Pocatière | |
 Location within Kamouraska RCM | |
  La Pocatière Location in eastern Quebec  La Pocatière La Pocatière (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 47°22′N 70°02′W / 47.367°N 70.033°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| 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 |  1.0% |
| • 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 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  R-132  R-230 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
editIn 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
editAlstom has a 51,135 square metres (550,410 sq ft) plant which manufactures subway and railway cars:
- R62A (New York City Subway car)
- New Technology Prototype R110B (New York City Subway car)
- R142 (New York City Subway car)
- Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad M7/A cars
- 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
editLa 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
editNear the city are small isolated hills known as monadnocks. The Montagne du College-de-Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is 119 metres high.
Government
editCity 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
editThere 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
editLa Pocatière is twinned with:
Notable people
edit- Hélène Alarie (1941-2023), politician
- Jean-François Caron, writer
- Bernard Généreux, politician
- Jean-Guy Hudon, politician
- Jean-Marie Pelletier, politician
See also
editReferences
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]