La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality

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La Haute-Yamaska
Quebec MRC La Haute-Yamaska location map.svg
Coordinates: 45°24′N72°44′W / 45.400°N 72.733°W / 45.400; -72.733 Coordinates: 45°24′N72°44′W / 45.400°N 72.733°W / 45.400; -72.733 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Estrie
EffectiveMarch 3, 1982
County seat Granby
Government
[2]
  Type Prefecture
  PrefectPascal Russell
Area
[3]
  Total650.40 km2 (251.12 sq mi)
  Land636.00 km2 (245.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
  Total92,796
  Density145.9/km2 (378/sq mi)
  Change
2016-2021
Increase2.svg 5.1%
  Dwellings
41,563
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.haute-yamaska.ca
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La Haute-Yamaska (meaning The Upper Yamaska) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Granby.

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It is named for its position at the height of the Yamaska River, which cuts through its southern part. It rises at Brome Lake located in neighbouring Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality.

On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont left La Haute-Yamaska; it was reclassified to the Brome-Missisquoi RCM. [5]

In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie. [6]

Subdivisions

There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM: [2]

Demographics

Mother tongue from Canada 2021 Census [3]

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
French only83,71591.6%
English only2,8353.1%
Both English and French1,0751.2%
Other languages3,3303.6%

Highways

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

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References

  1. "Reference number 141094 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Geographic code 470 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2021 Census: La Haute-Yamaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  4. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  5. "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. "La Haute-Yamaska et Brome-Missisquoi entrent dans le giron de l'Estrie". La Tribune. 8 July 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  7. Official Transport Quebec Road Map