Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
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Le Haut-Saint-François | |
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Coordinates: 45°28′N 71°32′W / 45.467°N 71.533°WCoordinates: 45°28′N 71°32′W / 45.467°N 71.533°W[1] | |
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Region | Estrie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Cookshire-Eaton |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Nicole Robert |
Area | |
• Total | 2,307.50 km2 (890.93 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,273.39 km2 (877.76 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 22,335 |
• Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Website | www |
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Le Haut-Saint-François (French pronunciation: [lə o sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]; The Upper Saint-François [St. Francis]) is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada in the Estrie region. Its seat is in Cookshire-Eaton, and it is named for the Saint-François River which runs through the RCM.
Subdivisions[]
There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics[]
Mother tongue data, from Canada 2016 Census:[3]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 19,580 | 88.3% |
English only | 2,195 | 9.9% |
Both English and French | 205 | 0.9% |
Other languages | 200 | 0.9% |
Transportation[]
Access routes[]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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References[]
- ^ Reference number 141077 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Haut-Saint-François, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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