Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Le Granit (Granite) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. It is named for its abundance of granite. Created in 1982, Le Granit's seat is Lac-Mégantic.

Le Granit had 22,342 inhabitants residing in 11,827 private dwellings, according to the Canada 2006 Census. It had a 2.3 percent population growth rate between 2001 and 2006.

[edit] Municipalities

• Audet
• Courcelles
• Frontenac
• Lac-Drolet
• Lac-Mégantic
• Lambton
• Marston
• Milan
• Nantes
• Notre-Dame-des-Bois
• Piopolis
• Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
• Saint-Ludger
• Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
• Saint-Romain
• Saint-Sébastien
• Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
• Stornoway
• Stratford
• Val-Racine

[edit] Highways

Highways in Le Granit include:

• Route 112
• Route 161
• Route 204
• Route 212
• Route 214
• Route 263

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Coordinates: 45°35′31.7″N, 70°53′20.3″W