| L'Érable | |
| Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
| Coordinates: | 46.25°N -116°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Established Title: | Effective |
| Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Plessisville |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Prefect |
| Leader Name: | Sylvain Labrecque |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1300.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1287.86 |
| Population Total: | 23,425 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 18.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 11,315 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Footnotes: | [3] |
L'Érable (Maple) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City. Its seat is Plessisville.
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]
Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[2]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 22,735 | 98.3% | |
| English only | 150 | 0.6% | |
| Both English and French | 50 | 0.2% | |
| Other languages | 200 | 0.9% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]