Charlevoix Regional County Municipality

Charlevoix
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°29′N 70°29′W / 47.483°N 70.483°W / 47.483; -70.483Coordinates: 47°29′N 70°29′W / 47.483°N 70.483°W / 47.483; -70.483[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Capitale-Nationale
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Baie-Saint-Paul
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Dominic Tremblay
Area[2][3]
 • Total 3,912.20 km2 (1,510.51 sq mi)
 • Land 3,765.10 km2 (1,453.71 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 13,338
 • Density 3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.1%
 • Dwellings 7,325
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.mrc-charlevoix.ca

Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns
Municipalities
Parishes
Unorganized Territory

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]

  • Autoroutes
    • None

  • External Routes
    • None

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 141111 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 160 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2416) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord TE
La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM Charlevoix-Est RCM
   Charlevoix RCM  
Saint Lawrence River
Montmagny RCM		 Saint Lawrence River
L'Islet RCM		 Saint Lawrence River
Kamouraska RCM


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