La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
La Haute-Yamaska | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Coordinates: 45°24′N 72°44′W / 45.400°N 72.733°WCoordinates: 45°24′N 72°44′W / 45.400°N 72.733°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | March 3, 1982 |
County seat | Granby |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Pascal Russell |
Area | |
• Total | 650.40 km2 (251.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 636.81 km2 (245.87 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 88,306 |
• Density | 138.7/km2 (359/sq mi) |
• Change 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 40,364 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
[4] |
La Haute-Yamaska (meaning The Upper Yamaska) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Granby.
It is named for its position at the height of the Yamaska River, which cuts through its southern part. It rises at Brome Lake located in neighbouring Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality.
On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont left La Haute-Yamaska; it was reclassified as within the Brome-Missisquoi RCM.[5]
Subdivisions[]
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
|
|
|
|
Demographics[]
Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census[3]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
---|---|---|
French only | 80,650 | 91.3% |
English only | 2,790 | 3.2% |
Both English and French | 655 | 0.7% |
Other languages | 4,210 | 4.8% |
Highways[]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
|
|
References[]
- ^ Reference number 141094 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 470 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Haute-Yamaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "(Code 2447) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
Categories:
- La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
- Census divisions of Quebec