Mirabel Regional County Municipality

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Mirabel
Regional county municipality
Quebec MRC Mirabel location map.svg
Coordinates: 45°39′N74°05′W / 45.650°N 74.083°W / 45.650; -74.083 Coordinates: 45°39′N74°05′W / 45.650°N 74.083°W / 45.650; -74.083 [1]
CountryCanada
Province Quebec
Region Laurentides
Effective1985 [1]
Dissolved2001
County seat Mirabel
Government
 • Type Prefecture
Area
 • Total489 km2 (189 sq mi)
 • Land485.41 km2 (187.42 sq mi)
Population
(2001) [2]
 • Total27,330
 • Density56.3/km2 (146/sq mi)
 • Change (1996–2001)
Increase2.svg20.8%
 • Dwellings
10,067
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 450

Mirabel was a former regional county municipality whose territory coincided with the city of Mirabel, Quebec. It was established in 1985, whereas the city itself had been constituted in 1971.

The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.

Mirabel, Quebec City in Quebec, Canada

Mirabel is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in southern Quebec.

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It ceased to exist by January 1, 2002, in the midst of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec. Although the city of Mirabel itself was unaffected, legislation [3] gave newly constituted cities arising from that municipal reorganization the powers of a regional county municipality for the purpose of certain laws, and Mirabel got similar powers. Today, Mirabel is not part of any regional county municipality; for statistical and census purposes, it is considered a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Reference number 141052 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "2001 Census profile: Mirabel".
  3. ↑ Bill 170 (year 2000)
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