Acton Regional County Municipality

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Acton
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (1037, rue Beaugrand, Acton Vale): 45°38′57″N 72°33′56″W / 45.64917°N 72.56556°W / 45.64917; -72.56556Coordinates: 45°38′57″N 72°33′56″W / 45.64917°N 72.56556°W / 45.64917; -72.56556
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie [1]
Incorporated January 01, 1982
County seat Acton Vale
Communities 8
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[1][2]
 • Total 583.00 km2 (225.10 sq mi)
 • Land 580.73 km2 (224.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 15,381
 • Density 26.5/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Change (2006-11) increase0.6%
 • Dwellings 6,806
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.mrcacton.qc.ca

Acton Regional County Municipality is located in Central Quebec. The Regional County Municipality Seat is Acton Vale.

Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 27.4 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.[3]

Contents

[edit] Subdivisions

[1]

Cities
Municipalities
Parish municipalities
Township municipalities
Village municipalities

[edit] Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 14,475 96.53%
English only 145 0.97%
Both English and French 95 0.63%
Other languages 280 1.87%

[edit] Access Routes

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

  • External Routes:
    • None

[edit] Bordering counties

Drummond
Les Maskoutains Le Val-Saint-François
   Acton    
La Haute-Yamaska

[edit] Attractions and Other Areas

La Campagnarde Trail

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Geographic code 480 in the official Répertoire des municipalités
  2. ^ a b "(Code 2448) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2448&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. 
  3. ^ Acton RCM
  4. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

[edit] External links

Quebec Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities
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