Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality explained

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Settlement Type:Regional county municipality
Coordinates:45.55°N -127°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Outaouais
Established Title:Effective
Established Date:December 4, 1991
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Chelsea
Government Type:Prefecture
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Marc Carriere
Area Total Km2:2,199.30
Area Land Km2:1,912.05
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:53,657
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:28.1
Population Blank1 Title:Change
2016-2021
Population Blank1: 11%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:24,627
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Area Code:819

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (French for "The hills of the Outaouais") is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau, which is to the south. Its administrative seat is in Chelsea, Quebec.

It was created in January 1991 when the Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Regional Community) was split into Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and the Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community, now City of Gatineau). The region is home to the majority of Gatineau Park. It is bisected by the Gatineau River which flows from north to south. The Ottawa River forms the southwestern boundary.

Subdivisions

There are six subdivisions within the RCM:

Municipalities (6)

Demographics

Ethnicity

Source: 2021 Census [1]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2021 Census: Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec - Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec ]. Statistics Canada . May 16, 2023.
  2. http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map