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Satellite view of three Monteregian Hills (Saint Hilaire, Rougemont, and Yamaska) in Saint Lawrence Lowlands Jacques-Cartier River. Quebec's highest point at 1,652 m (5,420 ft) is Mont d'Iberville, known in English as Mount Caubvick, located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province, in the Torngat Mountains. [7]
The seat of the regional county municipality (RCM) is indicated with an asterisk (*). If its population is less than 5,000, then it appears in italics. The information concerning (legal) RCMs, including their seats, is taken from the database of municipalities of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales. [ 2 ]
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada, whose frontiers contain eleven indigenous nations and the Québec nation.It is the largest province of the country by area [b] and is located in Central Canada.
This is a list of rivers of Quebec.Quebec has about: . One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; 15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 rivers.
Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies.
These roads are the only numbered roads in the province. Quebec does not have county roads as does Ontario or departmental roads as in France. All highways and major roads, whether regional or provincial, fall under the MTQ. As of 2019, Quebec has 31 autoroutes, 45 provincial roads, and 129 regional and secondary roads.
There are several lists of counties of Quebec, that are list articles listing counties for the jurisdictions of Quebec. List of former counties of Quebec; for counties, pre-1990, in the territory that is now the Canadian province of Quebec; List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec; for county-equivalents, post ...
It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level. Sovereignty plays a large role in the politics of Quebec , and the official opposition social-democratic Parti Québécois advocates national sovereignty for the province and secession ...