Lotbinière Regional County Municipality Explained

Lotbinière
Settlement Type:Regional county municipality
Coordinates:46.5167°N -107°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:Sainte-Croix
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Prefecture
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Daniel Turcotte
Area Total Km2:1,687.00
Area Land Km2:1,662.27
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:34 553
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:19.1
Population Blank1 Title:Change
2011-2016
Population Blank1: 7.2%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:14,642
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Area Code:418 and 581

Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741.[2] Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]

Municipalities (14)
Parishes (3)
Villages (1)

Demographics

Language

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[2]

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
French only30,845 98.2%
English only230 0.7%
Both English and French110 0.3%
Other languages240 0.8%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]

See also

External links



Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Lotbinière Regional County Municipality . 2012-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216053414/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/mrc/330/ . 2015-02-16 . dead .
  2. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Lotbinière, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec ]. Statistics Canada . November 28, 2019.
  3. http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map