Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality

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Les Appalaches
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°05′N 71°18′W / 46.083°N 71.300°W / 46.083; -71.300Coordinates: 46°05′N 71°18′W / 46.083°N 71.300°W / 46.083; -71.300[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Thetford Mines
Settlements	show List Cities Disraeli Thetford Mines   Municipalities Adstock Beaulac-Garthby East Broughton Irlande Kinnear's Mills Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce Saint-Fortunat Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Saint-Julien Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton   Parishes Disraeli Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Sainte-Praxède Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Ghislain Hamel
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,987.10 km2 (767.22 sq mi)
• Land	1,912.49 km2 (738.42 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	42,346
• Density	22.1/km2 (57/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.8%
• Dwellings	22,714
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc desappalaches.ca
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Les Appalaches ((in French) Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches) is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, , and . The county seat and largest city is Thetford Mines.

The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the Appalachian Mountains with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of asbestos mining in the region (amiante is French for "asbestos").

Subdivisions[]

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Demographics[]

Language[]

Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census^[3]

Transportation[]

Access Routes[]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Attractions[]

• Chemins Craig and Gosford Historic Route
• Serpentine-de-Coleraine Ecological Reserve (Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine)
• Frontenac National Park (Adstock)
• Heritage Kinnear's Mills (Kinnear's Mills)
• Mount Adstock (Adstock)
• Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines (Thetford Mines)
• Thetford Mines Bike Path (Thetford Mines)

See also[]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References[]

• Commission de toponymie du Québec