Papineau Regional County Municipality

Papineau
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°53′N 75°03′W / 45.883°N 75.050°W / 45.883; -75.050Coordinates: 45°53′N 75°03′W / 45.883°N 75.050°W / 45.883; -75.050[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Outaouais
Effective January 1, 1983
County seat Papineauville
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Mme Paulette Lalande
Area[2][3]
 • Total 3,205.90 km2 (1,237.80 sq mi)
 • Land 2,941.82 km2 (1,135.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 22,541
 • Density 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.1%
 • Dwellings 14,569
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819
Website www.mrcpapineau.com

Papineau is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Papineauville.

Subdivisions

There are 24 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 19,920 92.48%
English only 965 4.48%
Both English and French 210 0.97%
Other languages 445 2.07%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 141047 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 800 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2480) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map



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