L'Islet Regional County Municipality
L'Islet | |
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Coordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W / 47.100°N 69.983°W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Réal Laverdière |
Area | |
• Total | 2,448.50 km2 (945.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,100.02 km2 (810.82 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 17,798 |
• Density | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 9,924 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.
Geography
[edit]Adjacent counties and municipalities
[edit]- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality – northeast
- Aroostook County, Maine – southeast
- Montmagny Regional County Municipality – southwest
- Charlevoix Regional County Municipality – northwest
Subdivisions
[edit]There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
[edit]Access Routes
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141063". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 170". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Islet, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
[edit]- (in French) L'Islet Regional County Municipality