List of regions of Quebec
Administrative Regions
The subregions of Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec have their own regional conference of elected officers (CRÉ). Municipalities with 20,000-plus populations in the 2011 Census are listed, with those 50,000 or over bolded.

List of regions of Quebec

Section Title: Administrative Regions
Table Section Text: The subregions of Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec have their own regional conference of elected officers (CRÉ). Municipalities with 20,000-plus populations in the 2011 Census are listed, with those 50,000 or over bolded.

Code	Region	Population Canada 2016 Census	Land area	Density (pop. per km2)	Seat of RCE (CRÉ)	Other major cities

01	Bas-Saint-Laurent	197,385	22,237.07 km2 (8,585.78 sq mi)	8.9	Rimouski	Riviere-du-Loup

02	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean	276,368	98,712.71 km2 (38,113.19 sq mi)	2.8	Saguenay	Alma

03	Capitale-Nationale	729,997	18,797.45 km2 (7,257.74 sq mi)	38.8	Quebec City

04	Mauricie	266,112	35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi)	7.4	Trois-Rivières	Shawinigan

05	Estrie	319,004	10,212.00 km2 (3,942.88 sq mi)	31.2	Sherbrooke	Magog

06	Montréal	1,942,044	499.26 km2 (192.77 sq mi)	3,889.8	Montreal	Westmount, Côte Saint-Luc, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux

07	Outaouais	382,604	30,808.69 km2 (11,895.30 sq mi)	12.4	Gatineau

08	Abitibi-Témiscamingue	146,717	57,736.5 km2 (22,292.2 sq mi)	2.5	Rouyn-Noranda	Val-d'Or, Amos

09	Côte-Nord	92,518	247,655.33 km2 (95,620.26 sq mi)	0.4	Baie-Comeau	Sept-Îles

10	Nord-du-Québec	44,561	747,191.93 km2 (288,492.42 sq mi)	0.1

CRÉ de la Baie-James	Matagami

Cree Regional Authority	Nemaska

Kativik Regional Government	Kuujjuaq

11	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	90,311	20,318.86 km2 (7,845.16 sq mi)	4.4	Gaspé

12	Chaudière-Appalaches	420,082	15,083.25 km2 (5,823.68 sq mi)	27.9	Montmagny	Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines

13	Laval	422,993	247.23 km2 (95.46 sq mi)	1,710.9	Laval

14	Lanaudière	494,796	12,423.38 km2 (4,796.69 sq mi)	39.8	Joliette	Repentigny, Terrebonne, Mascouche

15	Laurentides	589,400	20,779.19 km2 (8,022.89 sq mi)	28.4	Saint-Jérôme	Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Sainte-Thérèse, Blainville, Mirabel

16	Montérégie	1,507,070	11,132.34 km2 (4,298.22 sq mi)	135.4

CRÉ de Longueuil	Longueuil	Brossard, Saint-Lambert, Boucherville, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

CRÉ Montérégie Est	McMasterville	Granby, Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Chambly, McMasterville*, Sainte-Julie, Varennes

CRÉ Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Châteauguay, Vaudreuil-Dorion

17	Centre-du-Québec	242,399	6,930.05 km2 (2,675.71 sq mi)	35.0	Drummondville	Victoriaville

Total	8,164,361	1,356,625.27 km2 (523,795.95 sq mi)	6.0

Sentence(s)

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is the third-largest of Quebec regions after the Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord regions in the area.

final_sentence: Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is the third-largest of Quebec regions after the Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord regions in the area.