Roussillon Regional County Municipality
| Roussillon | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°WCoordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| Named for | Régiment Royal Roussillon[1] |
| County seat | Saint-Constant |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Nathalie Simon |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 403.60 km2 (155.83 sq mi) |
| • Land | 423.24 km2 (163.41 sq mi) |
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There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 162,187 |
| • Density | 383.2/km2 (992/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |
 8.1% |
| Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website |
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Roussillon is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 162,187 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
| Canada census – Roussillon Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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| 2011 | 2006 | ||
| Population: | 162,187 (+8.1% from 2006) | 149,996 (+8.6% from 2001) | |
| Land area: | 423.24 km2 (163.41 sq mi) | 423.22 km2 (163.41 sq mi) | |
| Population density: | 383.2/km2 (992/sq mi) | 354.4/km2 (918/sq mi) | |
| Median age: | 39.5 (M: 38.7, F: 40.2) | 38.5 (M: 37.7, F: 39.2) | |
| Total private dwellings: | 63,441 | 57,300 | |
| Median household income: | $69,942 | $62,568 | |
| References: 2011[3] 2006[4] earlier[5] | |||
| Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
160,260 |
127,660 | 4.3% |
79.66% | 18,735 | 13.2% |
11.69% | 2,045 | 89.4% |
1.28% | 11,820 | 37.6% |
7.37% | |||||
| 2006 |
148,560 |
122,345 | 7.4% |
82.35% | 16,545 | 1.1% |
11.14% | 1,080 |  8.5% |
0.73% | 8,590 | 48.2% |
5.78% | |||||
| 2001 |
137,200 |
113,865 | 6.3% |
82.99% | 16,360 | 4.2% |
11.93% | 1,180 | 11.3% |
0.86% | 5,795 | 6.1% |
4.22% | |||||
| 1996 |
130,975 |
107,105 | n/a | 81.78% | 17,080 | n/a | 13.04% | 1,330 | n/a | 1.01% | 5,460 | n/a | 4.17% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
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See also
References
- 1 2 http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=141041
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 670 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "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
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