Marguerite-d'Youville Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Marguerite-d'Youville
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (609, route Marie-Victorin, Verchères):
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Incorporated           January 01, 1982
County seat Verchères
Communities 6
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[2]
 • Land 345.52 km2 (133.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
 • Total 69,881
 • Density 202.2/km2 (523.7/sq mi)
 • Change (2001-06) 9.2%
 • Dwellings 26,148
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.margueritedyouville.ca

Marguerite-d'Youville is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères.

The RCM was formerly named Lajemmerais, after Christophe du Frost de Lajemmerais, the father of Marguerite d'Youville. On February 12, 2011, the name of the municipality was changed to honor d'Youville directly.[3]

Contents

Communities

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 66,975 96.38%
English only 970 1.4%
Both English and French 165 0.24%
Other languages 1,375 1.98%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]

  • Secondary Highways
    • None
  • External Routes
    • None

Bordering Counties

Saint Lawrence River / L'Assomption Saint Lawrence River / D'Autray Pierre-De Saurel
Saint Lawrence River / Montréal (TE) La Vallée-du-Richelieu
   Marguerite-d'Youville    
Longueuil (TE)

References

  1. ^ Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Marguerite-d'Youville Regional County Municipality
  2. ^ a b 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  3. ^ Soucy, Audrée (February 2011). "Modifications aux divisions territoriales". Modifications aux municipalités du Québec: 4. ISSN 1715-6408. 
  4. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
 Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities