Joliette | |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.0167°N -100°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Lanaudière |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Joliette |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | André Hénault |
Area Total Km2: | 424.20 |
Area Land Km2: | 417.41 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 71,124 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 170.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 6.9% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 33,812 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
Joliette is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Joliette.
The municipality has a land area of 417.41 km2 and its 2021 census population of 71,124 inhabitants.[1]
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[2]