| La Pocatière | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 47.3667°N -72°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kamouraska |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1672 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1960 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Vincent Bérubé |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière- du-Loup |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Côte-du-Sud |
| Area Total Km2: | 20.30 |
| Area Land Km2: | 21.18 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Population Total: | 4078 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 192.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2201 |
| Population Demonyms: | Pocatois, Pocatoise |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0R 1Z0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
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La Pocatière (in French pronounced as /la pɔkatjɛʁ/) is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Pocatière had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 21.18km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
Alstom has a 51135m2 plant which manufactures subway and railway cars:
The plant was built in 1961 to build Moto-Ski snowmobiles and the plant was converted to railcars in 1971[2] (Bombardier continued to market Moto-Ski until 1985).
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 consists of a mayor and six councillors:
As of 2024 the council consisted of:
There are three post-secondary institutions in La Pocatière:
The town has three public schools under the Commission scolaire de Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup:
La Pocatière is twinned with:
