Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
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Lotbinière | |
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| Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Sainte-Croix |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Daniel Turcotte |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,687.00 km2 (651.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,662.27 km2 (641.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 34 553 |
| • Density | 19.1/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  7.2% |
| • Dwellings | 14,642 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741.[3] Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.
Subdivisions
[edit]There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2006 | 27,425 | — |
| 2011 | 29,617 | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 31,741 | +7.2% |
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Language
[edit]Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 30,845 | 98.2% |
| English only | 230 | 0.7% |
| Both English and French | 110 | 0.3% |
| Other languages | 240 | 0.8% |
Transportation
[edit]Access Routes
[edit]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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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141061". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Lotbinière Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Census Profile, 2016 Census Lotbinière, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ "Lotbinière Regional County Municipality (Code 2433) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
[edit]- (in French) Lotbinière Regional County
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