Acton Regional County Municipality

Acton
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°39′N 72°34′W / 45.650°N 72.567°WCoordinates: 45°39′N 72°34′W / 45.650°N 72.567°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Acton Vale
Communities	List City Acton Vale   Municipalities Béthanie Saint-Théodore-d'Acton Upton   Parishes Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton Sainte-Christine   Townships Roxton Canton   Villages Roxton Falls
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jean-Marie Laplante
Area[2][3]
• Total	583.00 km^2 (225.10 sq mi)
• Land	580.73 km^2 (224.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	15,381
• Density	26.5/km^2 (69/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.6%
• Dwellings	6,806
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcacton.qc.ca

Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.^[2]

Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26.5 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.^[4]

Subdivisions

There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1) Acton Vale

Municipalities (3) Béthanie Saint-Théodore-d'Acton Upton

Parishes (2) Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton Sainte-Christine

Townships (1) Roxton

Villages (1) Roxton Falls

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	14,475	96.53%
English only	145	0.97%
Both English and French	95	0.63%
Other languages	280	1.87%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Autoroutes A-20 (TCH)

Principal Highways Route 116 Route 139

Secondary Highways Route 211 Route 222 Route 241

External Routes None

Attractions and Other Areas

La Campagnarde Trail

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141124 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 480 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2448) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Acton RCM
5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• (French) Official Web Site of Acton Regional County Municipality