Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality Explained

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.

Subdivisions

There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]

Cities & Towns (1)
Municipalities (11)
Parishes (3)
Villages (1)
First Nations Reserve (1)

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[2]

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
French only22,01597.5%
English only2100.9%
Both English and French700.3%
Other languages285 1.3%

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: Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality . 2012-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107043416/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/mrc/500/ . 2014-11-07 . dead .
  2. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Nicolet-Yamaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec ]. Statistics Canada . November 26, 2019.
  3. http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map