Kamouraska, Quebec

Kamouraska
Kamouraska
Municipality
	Aerial view of Kamouraska
	Coat of arms
	Location within Kamouraska RCM
	Kamouraska Location in eastern Quebec
	Coordinates: 47°34′N 69°52′W / 47.567°N 69.867°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Kamouraska
Constituted	April 25, 1987
Government
• Mayor	Claude Langlais
• Federal riding	Montmagny—L'Islet—; Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
• Prov. riding	Côte-du-Sud
Area
• Total	145.50 km2 (56.18 sq mi)
• Land	43.86 km2 (16.93 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	616
• Density	14/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	4.6%
• Dwellings	399
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways ; A-20 (TCH)	; R-132
Website	www.kamouraska.ca

Kamouraska is a municipality on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Regional County Municipality of Kamouraska. It has been named one of the top 20 most beautiful villages in the province of Quebec, and the municipality is a member of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec Association.

The name "Kamouraska" comes from an Algonquin word meaning "where rushes grow at the water's edge".

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