Les Etchemins | |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.4°N -91°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Lac-Etchemin |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Hector Provençal |
Area Total Km2: | 1,819.40 |
Area Land Km2: | 1,810.05 |
Population Total: | 16,536 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 9.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
Population Blank1: | 4.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 8,764 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.
There are 13 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[1]