Lotbinière Regional County Municipality

Lotbinière
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Incorporated January 01, 1982
County seat Sainte-Croix
Communities 18
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[2]
 • Land 1,661.95 km2 (641.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • Total 27,425
 • Density 16.5/km2 (42.7/sq mi)
 • Change (2001-06) 2.0%
 • Dwellings 12,099
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.mrclotbiniere.org

Lotbinière is a Regional County Municipality in central Quebec, Canada in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2001 Census, the RCM had a population of 26,851, a decrease of 0.3% since 1996. Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.

Contents

Communities

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 26,290 98.17%
English only 145 0.54%
Both English and French 60 0.22%
Other languages 285 1.07%

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 / Portneuf Lévis
Bécancour La Nouvelle-Beauce
   Lotbinière    
L'Érable Les Appalaches Robert-Cliche

References

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

External links

 Administrative divisions of Chaudière-Appalaches  (Region 12)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities