Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Brome-Missisquoi (Quebec)
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Coordinates (749, rue Principale, Cowansville): 45°12′28″N 72°43′03″W / 45.20778, -72.7175
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Incorporated	01 Jan, 1983
Area
- Total	1,551.68 km² (599.1 sq mi)
- Land	1,537.00 km² (593.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	46,720
- Density	30.4/km² (78.7/sq mi)
- Change ~2001	+1.2%
- Dwellings	23,713
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
Website: www.brome-missisquoi.ca

Brome-Missisquoi is a regional county municipality in south central Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Cowansville. It is in the Montérégie region of Quebec.

Contents 1 Communities in Brome-Missisquoi 1.1 Cities & Towns 1.2 Municipalities 1.3 Cantons 1.4 Parishes 1.5 Villages 2 Demographics 3 Adjacent Counties and Regional County Municipalities 3.1 In Québec 3.2 In the U.S.A. 4 External links

[edit] Communities in Brome-Missisquoi

[edit] Cities & Towns

• Bedford
• Cowansville
• Dunham
• Farnham
• Lac-Brome
• Sutton

[edit] Municipalities

• Bolton-Ouest
• Brigham
• Frelighsburg
• Saint-Armand
• Saint-Pierre-de-Véronne-à-Pike-River
• Stanbridge East
• Stanbridge Station

[edit] Cantons

• Bedford

[edit] Parishes

• Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge
• Sainte-Sabine
• Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge

[edit] Villages

• Abercorn
• Brome
• East Farnham

[edit] Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language	Population	Percentage (%)
French only	33,560	73.91%
English only	9,835	21.66%
Both English and French	710	1.56%
Other languages	1,295	2.85%

[edit] Adjacent Counties and Regional County Municipalities

[edit] In Québec

• Rouville
• La Haute-Yamaska
• Memphrémagog
• Le Haute-Richelieu

[edit] In the U.S.A.

• Orleans County, Vermont
• Franklin County, Vermont

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec
• Statistics Canada

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Coordinates: 45°10′27.3″N, 72°46′47.3″W