Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality
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 Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.
Les Etchemins | |
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Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W[1] | |
Country | |
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 |
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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References
- Reference number 141072 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 280 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Etchemins, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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