Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality

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Beauharnois-Salaberry
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (660, rue Ellice, Beauharnois): 45°18′48″N 73°52′41″W / 45.31333°N 73.87806°W / 45.31333; -73.87806
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie [1]
Incorporated January 01, 1982
County seat Beauharnois
Communities 7
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
Area[1][2]
 • Total 523.10 km2 (201.97 sq mi)
 • Land 470.68 km2 (181.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 61,950
 • Density 131.6/km2 (341/sq mi)
 • Change (2006-11) increase1.9%
 • Dwellings 28,829
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.mrc-beauharnois-salaberry.com

Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec. The regional county municipality seat is Beauharnois.

Contents

[edit] Subdivisions

[1]

Cities
Municipalities
Parish municipalities

[edit] Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 56,540 95.18%
English only 1,695 2.85%
Both English and French 350 0.59%
Other languages 820 1.38%

[edit] Attractions

  • Beauharnois Canal
  • Beauharnois Hydro-electric power station (Melocheville)
  • Deux-Rives Ecomuseum (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield)
  • Howick Airport (Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois)
  • Pointe-du-Bruisson Archialogical Park (Melocheville)
  • Valleyfield Airport (Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka)

[edit] Protected Areas

  • Îles-de-Paix National Fauna Reserve
  • Îles-de-Saint-Timothée Regional Park

[edit] Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]

  • External Routes:
    • None

[edit] Bordering Counties

Saint Lawrence River / Vaudreuil-Soulanges Roussillon
Saint Lawrence River / Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario Les Jardins-de-Napierville
   Beauharnois-Salaberry    
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Geographic code 700 in the official Répertoire des municipalités
  2. ^ a b "(Code 2470) 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=2470&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. 
  3. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map


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

Coordinates: 45°19′N 73°53′W / 45.317°N 73.883°W / 45.317; -73.883

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