Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Bécancour
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (3689, boulevard Bécancour, Bécancour [1]):
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Centre-du-Québec
Incorporated           January 01, 1982
County seat Bécancour
Communities 12
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[2]
 • Land 1,144.55 km2 (441.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • Total 18,806
 • Density 16.4/km2 (42.5/sq mi)
 • Change (2001-06) 1.5%
 • Dwellings 8,592
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.becancour.net

Bécancour is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Bécancour.

Contents

Communities

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 18080 97.70%
English only 105 0.57%
Both English and French 20 0.11%
Other languages 300 1.62%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]

  • External Routes
    • None

Bordering Counties

Saint Lawrence River / Les Chenaux / Trois-Rivières Saint Lawrence River / Portneuf Lotbinière
Nicolet-Yamaska L'Érable
   Bécancour    
Arthabaska

References

  1. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Bécancour Regional County Municipality
  2. ^ a b 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  3. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

 Administrative divisions of Centre-du-Québec  (Region 17)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories

L'Érable · Bécancour · Arthabaska · Drummond · Nicolet-Yamaska
Municipalities