La Pocatière is a city in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.
A Bombardier plant which manufactures subway and railway cars is located there. Educational institutions include the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Cégep de La Pocatière. A Quebec government facility, the Institut de technologie agroalimentaire, is also found in La Pocatière.
Near the city are small isolated hills known as monadnocks.
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
Population: 4,518
% Change (1996-2001): -7.6
Dwellings: 2,102
Area (sq. km.): 21.73 km²
Density (persons per sq. km.): 207.9
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