Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality

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Les Laurentides
Regional county municipality
Quebec MRC Les Laurentides location map.svg
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°07′N74°36′W / 46.117°N 74.600°W / 46.117; -74.600 [1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Laurentides
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1983
County seat Mont-Blanc
Government
[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • PrefectRonald Provost
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total2,599.70 km2 (1,003.75 sq mi)
 • Land2,457.53 km2 (948.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total50,777
 • Density20.7/km2 (54/sq mi)
 • Change
2016-2021
Increase2.svg 10.6%
 • Dwellings
37,057
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code 819
Website www.mrclaurentides.qc.ca

Les Laurentides (English: The Laurentians) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Mont-Blanc. It is named after the Laurentian Mountains.

Contents

The population was 50,777 according to the 2021 Canadian Census. [3]

Subdivisions

There are 20 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]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141069". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 780". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Les Laurentides, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map



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