L'Assomption Regional County Municipality explained

L'Assomption
Settlement Type:Regional county municipality
Coordinates:45.8°N -99°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Lanaudière
Established Title:Effective
Established Date:January 1, 1983
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:L'Assomption
Government Type:Prefecture
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Chantal Deschamps
Area Total Km2:285.40
Area Land Km2:255.65
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:124,759
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:488.0
Population Blank1 Title:Change
2011–2016
Population Blank1: 4.1%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:50,828
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Area Code:450 and 579

L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.

It is named for the L'Assomption River, which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.

Subdivisions

There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (4)
Parishes (1)

Demographics

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
113,485 2.0%91.6%1,760 8.0%1.4%595 9.8%0.56%7,990 67.5%6.5%
111,225 7.3%94.03%1,630 21.6%1.38%660 97.0%0.56%4,770 38.7%4.03%
103,700 3.3%95.30%1,340 21.3%1.23%335 42.6%0.31%3,440 135.6%3.16%
100,400 2.4%97.29%1,105 22.7%1.07%235 30.9%0.23%1,460 9.8%1.41%
98,090n/a96.94%1,430n/a1.41%340n/a0.34%1,330n/a1.31%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[2]

See also

References



Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Assomption, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec ]. Statistics Canada . November 27, 2019.
  2. http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map