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{{short description|Equivalent territory in Quebec, Canada}}
[[Image:Quebec MRC Jamésie location map.svg|thumb|right|200px|''Jamésie and Eeyou Istchee equivalent territories combined'']]
'''Jamésie''' is a [[territory equivalent to a regional county municipality]] (TE) of [[Nord-du-Québec]], Canada.
Its geographical code is 991<ref>{{cite web|title=Institut de la statistique du Québec|url=http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/statistiques/profils/region_10/impr_mrc_10_991.htm|website=Institut de la Statistique Quebec|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> and together with [[Kativik, Quebec|Kativik]] TE and [[Eeyou Istchee (territory)|Eeyou Istchee]] TE it forms the [[List of regions of Quebec|administrative région]] and [[Census geographic units of Canada|census division]] (CD) of [[Nord-du-Québec]]  It is located to the east of [[James Bay]], after which the territory is named. It has a land area of {{convert|283955|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, or slightly larger than [[Ecuador]]) and a [[Statistics Canada|2016]] population of 13,941 inhabitants.  [[Chibougamau]] is the largest community in both Jamésie TE and Nord-du-Québec.
The original 2006 census land area was reduced by about 1.74 percent and the population was reduced by 47.25 percent by the creation and departure of the Eeyou Istchee TE in 2007.  Further administration changes came under the terms of the Agreement on Governance in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory of July 24, 2012, when the [[Local municipality (Quebec)|local municipality]] of [[Baie-James, Quebec|Baie-James]] within Jamésie ceased to exist, and was replaced by the local municipality of [[Eeyou Istchee James Bay]], which is specialized local municipality governed and managed jointly by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee TE and the non-Cree of Jamésie TE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcc.ca/newsarticle.php?id=280|title=The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) > Signing of an agreement between the Government of Québec and the Cree Nation|publisher=Gcc.ca|date=2012-07-24|access-date=2012-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113114049/http://www.gcc.ca/newsarticle.php?id=280|archive-date=2014-11-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Subdivisions==
The TE of Jamésie consists of:
* the [[types of municipalities in Quebec|municipality]] (M) of [[Eeyou Istchee James Bay]],
* the enclaved [[types of municipalities in Quebec|cities]] (V) of
:* [[Lebel-sur-Quévillon]]
:* [[Matagami]]
:* [[Chapais, Quebec|Chapais]]
:* [[Chibougamau]]
==References==
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* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2499&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Nord-du-Qu%E9bec&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=24&B1=All&Custom= Nord-du-Québec Census Division, Quebec]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Statistics Canada
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110192712/http://diffpls.stat.gouv.qc.ca/pls/hcp/hcp Database] of the geographical code of Quebec.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080502180747/http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/organisation/orga_cart_regi.asp Regional maps of municipal and RCM/TE boundaries from the Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110926224954/http://www.municipalite.baie-james.qc.ca/html/carte_en.php Map of Baie-James / Jamésie]
==External links==
* [http://www.greibj-eijbrg.com/ Website of the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627192752/http://www.greibj-eijbrg.com/ |date=2015-06-27 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822033527/http://www.gcc.ca/ Grand Council of the Crees]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150524005955/http://www.creetourism.ca/tourisme.asp Cree Tourism]
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
| Centre    = Jamésie Equivalent Territory
| North     = [[Kativik, Quebec|Kativik Equivalent Territory]]
| Northeast =
| East      = [[Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality]]
| Southeast = [[Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality|Le Fjord-du-Saguenay]], [[Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality|Maria-Chapdelaine]], and [[Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality|Le Demaine-du-Roy]] Regional County Municipalities
| South     = [[La Tuque (census division)|La Tuque Equivalent Territory]] / [[La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality|La Vallée-de-l'Or]], [[Abitibi Regional County Municipality|Abitibi]], & [[Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality|Abitibi-Ouest]] Regional County Municipalities
| Southwest = [[Cochrane District]], [[Ontario]]
| West      = ''[[James Bay]]''<br>([[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], [[Nunavut]])
| Northwest = [[Eeyou Istchee (territory)|Eeyou Istchee Equivalent Territory]] (+ multiple enclaves)
}}
{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Nord-du-Québec}}
{{Subdivisions of Quebec}}
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