Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Le Haut-Richelieu
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (380, 4e Avenue, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu):
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Incorporated January 01, 1982
County seat Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Communities 14
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[2]
 • Land 936.26 km2 (361.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • Total 108,892
 • Density 116.3/km2 (301.2/sq mi)
 • Change (2001-06) 8.1%
 • Dwellings 47,690
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website mrchr.qc.ca

Le Haut-Richelieu (Upper Richelieu) is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through the RCM.

Contents

Communities

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 100,475 93.57%
English only 3,355 3.12%
Both English and French 695 0.65%
Other languages 2,865 2.67%

Access Routes

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

Bordering counties

Roussillon La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Rouville
Les Jardins-de-Napierville Brome-Missisquoi
   Le Haut-Richelieu    
 United States
Clinton County (New York)		  United States
Grand Isle County (Vermont)

References

  1. ^ Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
  2. ^ a b 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  3. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
 Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities