L'Islet Regional County Municipality

L'Islet
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W / 47.100°N 69.983°W / 47.100; -69.983Coordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W / 47.100°N 69.983°W / 47.100; -69.983[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Réal Laverdière
Area[2][3]
 • Total 2,448.50 km2 (945.37 sq mi)
 • Land 2,099.82 km2 (810.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 18,517
 • Density 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 2.0%
 • Dwellings 9,771
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.mrclislet.com

L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Transportation

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 141063 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 170 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2417) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Saint Lawrence River
Charlevoix RCM		 Kamouraska RCM
  L'Islet RCM  
Montmagny RCM  United States
Maine Somerset County, Maine


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