Les Moulins | |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 45.75°N -109°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Lanaudière |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Terrebonne |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Guillaume Tremblay |
Area Total Km2: | 266.30 |
Area Land Km2: | 261.13 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 158,267 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 606.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011–2016 |
Population Blank1: | 6.4% |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
Les Moulins is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.
It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouche. Historic communities in the region, which are now arrondissements of the two existing cities, include Lachenaie and La Plaine.
The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 158,267[1]
There are 2 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[2]