La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality

La Jacques-Cartier
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°02′N 71°35′W / 47.033°N 71.583°W / 47.033; -71.583Coordinates: 47°02′N 71°35′W / 47.033°N 71.583°W / 47.033; -71.583
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Effective	April 1, 1981
County seat	Shannon
Municipalities	List Shannon Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Lac-Beauport Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Lac-Delage Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Lac-Saint-Joseph Lac-Croche
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jacques Marcotte
Area
• Total	3,321.20 km2 (1,282.32 sq mi)
• Land	3,194.99 km2 (1,233.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	36,883
• Density	11.5/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	24.0%
• Dwellings	16,206
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc.lajacquescartier.qc.ca

La Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country.

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

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