L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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L'Amiante is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The seat of the county, and its biggest city, is Thetford Mines. Amiante is the French word for asbestos, and the RCM is adjacent to the Asbestos Regional County Municipality. This is because asbestos is abundant in the region. L'Amiante was created on January 1, 1982. Population 43,957.

[edit] Municipalities

• Adstock
• Beaulac-Garthby
• Disraëli (Paroisse)
• Disraëli (Ville)
• East Broughton
• Irlande
• Kinnear's Mills
• Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus
• Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
• Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce
• Sainte-Praxède
• Saint-Fortunat
• Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
• Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur
• Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
• Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
• Saint-Julien
• Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
• Thetford-Mines

[edit] Highways

Highways in L'Amiante include:

• Quebec route 108
• Quebec route 112
• Quebec route 165
• Quebec route 216
• Quebec route 263
• Quebec route 267
• Quebec route 269
• Quebec route 271

Chaudière-Appalaches (12)
Lévis City | L'Amiante | Beauce-Sartigan | Bellechasse | Les Etchemins | L'Islet | La Nouvelle-Beauce | Lotbinière | Montmagny | Robert-Cliche Neighbouring regions: Bas-Saint-Laurent | Capitale-Nationale | Estrie | Centre-du-Québec