Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality
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Les Etchemins | |
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Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°WCoordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Lac-Etchemin |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Hector Provençal |
Area | |
• Total | 1,819.40 km2 (702.47 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,810.05 km2 (698.86 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 16,536 |
• Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 8,764 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as . Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.
Subdivisions[]
There are 13 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation[]
Access Routes[]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Reference number 141072 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Geographic code 280 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Etchemins, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links[]
Categories:
- Regional county municipalities in Chaudière-Appalaches
- Census divisions of Quebec