La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality
Appearance
La Rivière-du-Nord | |
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Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°01′W / 45.817°N 74.017°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Laurentides |
Effective | January 1, 1983 |
County seat | Saint-Jérôme |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Yvon Brière |
Area | |
• Total | 466.10 km2 (179.96 sq mi) |
• Land | 451.06 km2 (174.16 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 115,165 |
• Density | 255.3/km2 (661/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 52,997 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
La Rivière-du-Nord (The Rivière-du-Nord or The River of the North) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Jérôme. It is named for the river that runs through it, the Rivière du Nord.
The population according to the Canada 2011 Census is 115,165.[3]
Subdivisions
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Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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126,525
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119,570 | ![]() |
94.5% | 2,400 | ![]() |
1.89% | 935 | ![]() |
0.74% | 3,215 | ![]() |
2.54% | |||||
2011
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114,230
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108,350 | ![]() |
94.85% | 2,385 | ![]() |
2.09% | 785 | ![]() |
0.69% | 2,415 | ![]() |
2.11% | |||||
2006
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100.205
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95,340 | ![]() |
95,14% | 2,055 | ![]() |
2.05% | 540 | ![]() |
0.53% | 2,270 | ![]() |
2.26% | |||||
2001
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88,750
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85,235 | ![]() |
96% | 1,785 | ![]() |
2.01% | 545 | ![]() |
0.61% | 1,180 | ![]() |
1,33% | |||||
1996
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82,540
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78,965 | n/a | 95,67% | 1,830 | n/a | 2.21% | 775 | n/a | 0.93% | 900 | n/a | 1.09% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141088". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 750". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality (Code 2475) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map