Arthabaska | |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 45.9167°N -77°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Centre-du-Québec |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Victoriaville |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Lionel Fréchette |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1910.60 |
Area Land Km2: | 1890.18 |
Population Total: | 72,014 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 38.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
Population Blank1: | 4.0% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 33,483 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 819 |
Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville.
There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM:
Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[1]
Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
French only | 69,175 | 97.1% | |
English only | 520 | 0.7% | |
Both English and French | 215 | 0.3% | |
Other languages | 1,335 | 1.9% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[2]