| Acton | |
| Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
| Coordinates: | 45.65°N -106°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Established Title: | Effective |
| Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Acton Vale |
| Parts Type: | Communities |
| Parts: | List |
| P1: | City |
| P2: | Acton Vale |
| P3: | |
| P4: | Municipalities |
| P5: | Béthanie |
| P6: | Saint-Théodore-d'Acton |
| P7: | Upton |
| P8: | |
| P9: | Parishes |
| P10: | Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton |
| P11: | Sainte-Christine |
| P12: | |
| P13: | Townships |
| P14: | Roxton Canton |
| P15: | |
| P16: | Villages |
| P17: | Roxton Falls |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Prefect |
| Leader Name: | Jean-Marie Laplante |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 583.00 |
| Area Land Km2: | 579.80 |
| Population Total: | 15,594 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 26.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 7,101 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Codes: | 450 and 579 |
Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.
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.[2]
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:
Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census[1]
| 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% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]
La Campagnarde Trail