Desjardins | |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.75°N -78°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1982 |
Extinct Title: | Dissolved |
Extinct Date: | December 31, 2001 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Lévis |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Area Total Km2: | 255 |
Area Land Km2: | 256.44 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 51855 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | 202.2 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (1996–2001) |
Population Blank1: | 1.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 22663 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 418 |
Desjardins was a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. Desjardins ceased to exist when most of it, along with most of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM, amalgamated into the expanded city of Lévis on January 1, 2002.
Desjardins RCM consisted of:
When Desjardins RCM was dissolved, nearly all of its components amalgamated into the newly expanded Lévis: