title: Capitale-Nationale
text: # Capitale-Nationale
  
  Capitale-Nationale (French pronunciation: ​; 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 18,797.45 $km^2.$ It reported a total resident population of 729,997 as of the Canada 2016 Census, with Quebec City having 73.7 percent of the total.
  
  Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  ### Regional county municipalities
  
  | Regional County Municipality (RCM) | Population 2016 Canadian Census | Land Area | Density (pop. per $km^2)$ | Seat of RCM |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Charlevoix | 12,997 | 3,763.22 $km^2$ (1,452.99 sq mi) | 3.5 | Baie-Saint-Paul |
  | Charlevoix-Est | 15,509 | 2,307.23 $km^2$ (890.83 sq mi) | 6.7 | Clermont |
  | La Côte-de-Beaupré | 28,199 | 4,865.97 $km^2$ (1,878.76 sq mi) | 5.8 | Château-Richer |
  | L'Île-d'Orléans | 7,082 | 192.85 $km^2$ (74.46 sq mi) | 36.7 | Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans |
  | La Jacques-Cartier | 43,485 | 3,195.75 $km^2$ (1,233.89 sq mi) | 13.6 | Shannon |
  | Portneuf | 53,008 | 3,923.70 $km^2$ (1,514.95 sq mi) | 13.5 | Cap-Santé |
  
  ### Equivalent territory
  
  | Territory Equivalent to a RCM (TE) | Population Canada 2016 Census | Land Area | Density (pop. per $km^2)$ | Seat of RCM |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Agglomeration of Quebec City | 551,508 | 547.49 $km^2$ (211.39 sq mi) | 1,007.3 | Quebec City |
  
  ### Independent parish municipality
  
  * Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  
  ### Native People's Reserve
  
  * Wendake
  
  ## Major communities
  
  * Baie-Saint-Paul
  * Boischatel
  * Donnacona
  * L'Ancienne-Lorette
  * La Malbaie
  * Lac-Beauport
  * Pont-Rouge
  * Quebec City (Ville de Québec)
  * Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
  * Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
  * Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
  * Saint-Raymond
  * Shannon
  * Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
  
  ## School Districts
  
  25 Districts Francophones manage 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
  
  District Anglophone:
  
  * Central Quebec School Board
  