Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
Les Maskoutains | |
---|---|
Regional county municipality | |
Location in province of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°WCoordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Hyacinthe |
Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Mme Francine Morin |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 1,313.90 km2 (507.30 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 84,248 |
• Density | 64.7/km2 (168/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 4.4% |
• Dwellings | 38,387 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website |
www |
Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
Subdivisions
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
|
|
|
|
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
---|---|---|---|
2011 | 2006 | ||
Population: | 84,248 (+4.4% from 2006) | 80,694 (+2.3% from 2001) | |
Land area: | 1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi) | 1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi) | |
Population density: | 64.7/km2 (168/sq mi) | 62.0/km2 (161/sq mi) | |
Median age: | 42.8 (M: 41.2, F: 44.4) | 41.6 (M: 40.0, F: 43.0) | |
Total private dwellings: | 38,387 | 35,601 | |
Median household income: | $50,253 | $44,912 | |
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] earlier[5] |
Historical Census Data - Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
82,625 |
79,610 | 4.2% | 96.35% | 645 | 16.2% | 0.78% | 305 | 69.4% | 0.37% | 2,065 | 16.7% | 2.50% | |||||
2006 |
78,930 |
76,425 | 1.4% | 96.83% | 555 | 2.8% | 0.70% | 180 | 12.2% | 0.23% | 1,770 | 100.0% | 2.24% | |||||
2001 |
77,025 |
75,395 | 0.4% | 97.88% | 540 | 28.9% | 0.70% | 205 | 20.6% | 0.27% | 885 | 22.9% | 1.15% | |||||
1996 |
77,385 |
75,735 | n/a | 97.87% | 760 | n/a | 0.98% | 170 | n/a | 0.22% | 720 | n/a | 0.93% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
|
|
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141068 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 540 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.