| Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | |
| Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
| Coordinates: | 48.55°N -110°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Established Title: | Effective |
| Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Alma |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Prefect |
| Leader Name: | André Paradis |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,917.10 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2,779.97 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 52,741 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 19.0 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 25,450 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Alma. In 2016, 99.3% reported that they spoke French most often at home, according to the census.[2]
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 51,520 | 0.3% | 98.92% | 180 | 21.7% | 0.44% | 95 | 11.8% | 0.18% | 285 | 83.9% | 0.55% | ||||||||
| 51,365 | 2.7% | 99.09% | 230 | 24.3% | 0.44% | 85 | 88.9% | 0.16% | 155 | 61.3% | 0.30% | ||||||||
| 50,000 | 1.0% | 98.76% | 185 | 15.9% | 0.37% | 45 | 59.1% | 0.08% | 400 | 247.8% | 0.79% | ||||||||
| 50,490 | 1.6% | 99.13% | 220 | 12.8% | 0.43% | 110 | 29.4% | 0.22% | 115 | 21.1% | 0.23% | ||||||||
| 51,310 | n/a | 99.27% | 195 | n/a | 0.38% | 85 | n/a | 0.16% | 95 | n/a | 0.18% | ||||||||
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]