Nicolet-Yamaska | |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.0667°N -122°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Nicolet |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Alain Drouin |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 1182.20 |
Area Land Km2: | 1007.09 |
Population Total: | 23,159 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 23.0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
Population Blank1: | 1.6% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 11,045 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 819 |
Nicolet-Yamaska is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.
The county seat is Nicolet.
There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]
Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[2]
Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
French only | 22,015 | 97.5% | |
English only | 210 | 0.9% | |
Both English and French | 70 | 0.3% | |
Other languages | 285 | 1.3% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]