Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality

Charlevoix-Est
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°44′N 69°59′W / 47.733°N 69.983°WCoordinates: 47°44′N 69°59′W / 47.733°N 69.983°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Clermont
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Bernard Maltais
Area[2][3]
• Total	2,957.40 km^2 (1,141.86 sq mi)
• Land	2,305.84 km^2 (890.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	16,240
• Density	7.0/km^2 (18/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.8%
• Dwellings	8,606
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrccharlevoixest.ca

Charlevoix-Est is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont.

Subdivisions

There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns Clermont La Malbaie

Municipalities Baie-Sainte-Catherine Notre-Dame-des-Monts Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs Saint-Siméon

Parishes Saint-Irénée

Unorganized Territory Mont-Élie Sagard

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 17,413 —     1996 16,941 −2.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 16,624 −1.9% 2006 16,372 −1.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 16,240 −0.8%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		16,025		15,860	0.6%	98.97%		85	54.5%	0.53%		35	250.0%	0.22%		45	71.0%	0.28%
2006		16,170		15,950	1.8%	98.64%		55	35.3%	0.34%		10	71.4%	0.06%		155	1450.0%	0.96%
2001		16,380		16,250	1.8%	99.21%		85	32.0%	0.52%		35	22.2%	0.21%		10	75.0%	0.06%
1996		16,750		16,540	n/a	98.75%		125	n/a	0.75%		45	n/a	0.27%		40	n/a	0.24%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[8]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways Route 138 Route 170

Secondary Highways Route 362

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141110 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 150 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2415) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• official website (in French)