Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Les Maskoutains
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (805, ave du Palais, Saint-Hyacinthe[1]):
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Incorporated           January 01, 1982
County seat Saint-Hyacinthe
Communities 17
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[2]
 • Land 1,301.16 km2 (502.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • Total 80,694
 • Density 62.0/km2 (160.6/sq mi)
 • Change (2001-06) 2.3%
 • Dwellings 35,601
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.mrcmaskoutains.qc.ca

Les Maskoutains is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.

Contents

Communities

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 76,425 96.82%
English only 555 0.7%
Both English and French 180 0.23%
Other languages 1,770 2.24%

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

Pierre-De Saurel Drummond
La Vallée-du-Richelieu Acton
   Les Maskoutains    
Rouville La Haute-Yamaska

References

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