Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality
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Les Etchemins | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Location of Les Etchemins | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Lac-Etchemin |
Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Hector Provençal |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 1,819.40 km2 (702.47 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,810.33 km2 (698.97 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 17,254 |
• Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 2.0% |
• Dwellings | 8,651 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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:[2]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141072 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 280 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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Bellechasse RCM | Montmagny RCM | ||
Robert-Cliche RCM | United States Somerset County, Maine |
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Beauce-Sartigan RCM |