Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Les Etchemins
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W / 46.400; -70.350
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Lac-Etchemin
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Hector Provençal
Area
• Total	1,819.40 km2 (702.47 sq mi)
• Land	1,810.05 km2 (698.86 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	16,536
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.2%
• Dwellings	8,764
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcetchemins.qc.ca

Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions within the RCM:

Municipalities (10) Lac-Etchemin Saint-Benjamin Sainte-Aurélie Sainte-Justine Sainte-Rose-de-Watford Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse Saint-Magloire Saint-Prosper Saint-Zacharie

Parishes (3) Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Sainte-Sabine

Transportation

Access Routes

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

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways None

Secondary Highways R-204 R-275 R-277 R-281

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141072". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 280". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Etchemins, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
4. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality