La Tuque Region
La Tuque Region is a huge municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, covering 28,000 km². It is a bit smaller than Albania, but larger than 34 United Nations member countries.Photo: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include La Tuque and Lac-Édouard.
La Tuque
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La Tuque is a town in Haute-Mauricie, in La Tuque Region of the province of Quebec. It is the second largest municipality in Quebec by area after the municipality of Baie-James, and the sixth largest in Canada.
Lac-Édouard
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Lac-Édouard is a forestry municipality in Haute-Batiscanie and Haute-Mauricie, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in La Tuque Region, in Mauricie, in Quebec.
La Bostonnais
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La Bostonnais is a forest municipality located in Haute-Batiscanie and Haute-Mauricie, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the agglomeration of La Tuque, in Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Obedjiwan and Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve.
Obedjiwan
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Obedjiwan is an Atikamekw First Nations reserve in La Tuque Region, Mauricie, in the province of Quebec. The Band Council and the Scierie Opitciwan are the main employers on the reserve.
Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve
The Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve is a public conservation area located in the municipality of Lac-Édouard, in the agglomeration of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada.Wemotaci
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Wemotachi is one of the First Nations reserves of the Atikamekw within the La Tuque Region in Mauricie, Quebec. In Atikamekw language, "Wemotaci" means: "The mountain from which one observes".
Judith-De Brésoles Ecological Reserve
The Judith-De Brésoles Ecological Reserve is a public conservation area in the municipality of Lac-Édouard, in La Tuque, in the region of Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada.Photo: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Tuque Region
- Type: equivalent territory with 15,000 residents
- Description: urban agglomeration in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “La Tuque” and “urban agglomeration of La Tuque”
- Neighbors: Mékinac and Portneuf
- Categories: urban agglomeration in Québec, census division of Canada, and human settlement
- Location: Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
47.4333° or 47° 25′ 60″ northLongitude of center
-72.7833° or 72° 46′ 60″ westPopulation
15,000Wikidata ID
Q2826811
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tahitian—“La Tuque Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لاتوك”
- Breton: “La Tuque”
- Cebuano: “La Tuque (lungsod)”
- Cebuano: “La Tuque”
- Corsican: “La Tuque”
- Danish: “La Tuque”
- Dutch: “La Tuque”
- French: “agglomération de La Tuque”
- French: “Agglomération de La Tuque”
- French: “La Tuque”
- German: “La Tuque”
- Indonesian: “La Tuque”
- Italian: “La Tuque”
- Low German: “La Tuque”
- Polish: “La Tuque”
- Portuguese: “Aglomeração de La Tuque”
- Portuguese: “La Tuque”
- Romanian: “La Tuque”
- Spanish: “La Tuque”
- Swedish: “La Tuque”
- Tahitian: “La Tuque”
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