Acton Regional County Municipality

Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.[2]

Acton
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°39′N 72°34′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMontérégie
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatActon Vale
Communities
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectJean-Marie Laplante
Area
 • Total583.00 km2 (225.10 sq mi)
 • Land579.80 km2 (223.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total15,594
 • Density26.9/km2 (70/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 1.4%
 • Dwellings
7,101
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)450 and 579
Websitewww.mrcacton.qc.ca
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Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26.9 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.[5]

Subdivisions

There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census[3]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 14,925 95.7%
English only 160 1.0%
Both English and French 55 0.4%
Other languages 455 2.9%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]

Attractions and Other Areas

La Campagnarde Trail

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See also

References
  1. Reference number 141124 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 480 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Acton, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  4. "(Code 2448) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  5. Acton RCM Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Official Transport Quebec Road Map



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