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La Pocatière
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  Downtown La Pocatière and St. Ann's Cathedral
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Location within Kamouraska RCM
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 La Pocatière
Location in Eastern Quebec
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Kamouraska |
| Settled | 1672 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1960 |
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| • Total | 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
| • Land | 21.73 km2 (8.39 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
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| Population
(2011)
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| • Total | 4,266 |
| • Density | 196.3/km2 (508/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  6.8% |
| • Dwellings | 2,137 |
| Demonyms | Pocatois, Pocatoise |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) |
G0R 1Z0
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| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways  A-20 (TCH) |
 Route 132 Route 230 |
La Pocatière is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census:
- Population: 4,266
- % Change (2006-2011): -6.8
- Dwellings: 2,137
- Area (km2.): 21.73 km2
- Density (persons per km2.): 196.3
Culture and attractions
La 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.
Near the city are small isolated hills known as monadnocks. The Montagne du College-de-Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is 119 metres high.
City council
- Mayor: Sylvain Hudon
- Councillors: Pierre Darveau, Daniel Dubé, Lise Garneau, Louise Lacoursière, Steve Leclerc, Bernard Ouellet.
Twin towns
La Pocatière is twinned with:
Coutances in France
Economy
Alstom has a 51,135 square metres (550,410 sq ft) plant which manufactures subway and railway cars:
- R62A (New York City Subway car)
- 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 (Bombardier continued to market Moto-Ski until 1985).
Education
There 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
See also
In Spanish: La Pocatière para niños
