Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality

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Les Appalaches
Regional county municipality
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatThetford Mines
Settlements
List
Government
[1]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectGhislain Hamel
Area
[1][2]
 • Total1,987.10 km2 (767.22 sq mi)
 • Land1,912.88 km2 (738.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total43,120
 • Density22.5/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 0.6%
 • Dwellings
22,306
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc
desappalaches.ca

Les Appalaches (Template:Fr Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches) is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The county seat and largest city is Thetford Mines.

The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the Appalachian Mountains with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of asbestos mining in the region (amiante is French for "asbestos").

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]

Demographics

Population

(Statistics Canada, 2006)

  • National rank in terms of population: 128
  • Provincial rank in terms of population: 35
  • 99.1% White
  • 0.3% Aboriginal
  • 0.6% Visible Minority

Language

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 41,150 96.98%
English only 585 1.38%
Both English and French 205 0.48%
Other languages 490 1.16%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

Attractions

  • Chemins Craig and Gosford Historic Route
  • Serpentine-de-Coleraine Ecological Reserve (Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine)
  • Frontenac National Park (Adstock)
  • Heritage Kinnear's Mills (Kinnear's Mills)
  • Mount Adstock (Adstock)
  • Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines (Thetford Mines)
  • Thetford Mines Bike Path (Thetford Mines)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
  2. ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  3. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 403501". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  4. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map



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