Coaticook Regional County Municipality

Coaticook
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°08′N71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800 Coordinates: 45°08′N71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Coaticook
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Réjean Masson
Area [2] [3]
• Total	1,354.70 km2 (523.05 sq mi)
• Land	1,339.80 km2 (517.30 sq mi)
Population  (2016) [3]
• Total	18,497
• Density	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.9%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.mrcdecoaticook.qc.ca
[4]

Coaticook is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Coaticook.

History

On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. Quebec's border with the states of Vermont and New Hampshire was established at 45 degrees north latitude. ^{[5] [6]}

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM: ^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Coaticook Waterville

Municipalities (9) Barnston-Ouest Compton Dixville East Hereford Martinville Saint-Herménégilde Saint-Malo Saint-Venant-de-Paquette Stanstead-Est

Townships (1) Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton

Demographics

Mother tongue data from Canada 2016 Census ^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	16,055	87.7%
English only	1,850	10.1%
Both English and French	185	1.0%
Other languages	215	1.2%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: ^[7]

Autoroutes A-55

Principal Highways Route 141 Route 143 Route 147

Secondary Highways Route 206 Route 208 Route 251 Route 253

External Routes VT 114 VT 141 VT 253

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141109 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 440 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Coaticook, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
4. "(Code 2444) Census Profile". 2011 census . Statistics Canada. 2012.
5. Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, DC; Government Printing Office, 1976. The Standard Compilation for its subject. P. 12.
6. Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated Treaty Series. 231 Volumes. Dobbs Ferry, New York City; Oceana Publications, 1969-1981. Volume 48; pp. 481; 487; 491-492.
7. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Coaticook Regional County Municipality website (in French)