Roussillon Regional County Municipality Explained

Roussillon
Settlement Type:Regional county municipality
Coordinates:45.3667°N -107°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Montérégie
Established Title:Effective
Established Date:January 1, 1982
Named For:Régiment Royal Roussillon[1]
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Saint-Constant
Government Type:Prefecture
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Nathalie Simon
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:403.60
Area Land Km2:423.82
Area Note:There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population Total:171,443
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:404.5
Population Blank1 Title:Change
2011–2016
Population Blank1: 5.7%
Population Note:Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Area Code:450 and 579

Roussillon (pronounced as /fr/) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 171,443 as of the 2016 census.[2]

Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (9)
Municipalities (1)
Parishes (1)
Native Reserves (1)

Demographics

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality[3]
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
131,390 0.13%71.35%20,740 8.5%11.26%3,985 67.78%2.16%24,535 50.10%13.32%
131,215 2.7%76.8%19,115 2.02%11.12%2375 16.14%1.39%16,345 38.28%9.57%
127,660 4.3%79.66%18,735 13.2%11.69%2,045 89.4%1.28%11,820 37.6%7.37%
122,345 7.4%82.35%16,545 1.1%11.14%1,080 8.5%0.73%8,590 48.2%5.78%
113,865 6.3%82.99%16,360 4.2%11.93%1,180 11.3%0.86%5,795 6.1%4.22%
107,105n/a81.78%17,080n/a13.04%1,330n/a1.01%5,460n/a4.17%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]

See also

References



Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiche descriptive.
  2. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Roussillon, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec ]. 8 February 2017. Statistics Canada . November 26, 2019.
  3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  4. http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map