L'Assomption Regional County Municipality

L'Assomption
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W / 45.800°N 73.433°WCoordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W / 45.800°N 73.433°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	L'Assomption
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Chantal Deschamps
Area[2][3]
• Total	285.40 km^2 (110.19 sq mi)
• Land	255.71 km^2 (98.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	119,840
• Density	468.7/km^2 (1,214/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	9.3%
• Dwellings	49,153
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrclassomption.qc.ca

L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.

It is named for the L'Assomption River which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns Charlemagne L'Assomption L'Épiphanie Repentigny

Parishes L'Épiphanie Saint-Sulpice

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 91,537 —     1996 102,188 +11.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 103,977 +1.8% 2006 109,636 +5.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 119,840 +9.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Assomption 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		118,285		111,225	7.3%	94.03%		1,630	21.6%	1.38%		660	97.0%	0.56%		4,770	38.7%	4.03%
2006		108,815		103,700	3.3%	95.30%		1,340	21.3%	1.23%		335	42.6%	0.31%		3,440	135.6%	3.16%
2001		103,200		100,400	2.4%	97.29%		1,105	22.7%	1.07%		235	30.9%	0.23%		1,460	9.8%	1.41%
1996		101,190		98,090	n/a	96.94%		1,430	n/a	1.41%		340	n/a	0.34%		1,330	n/a	1.31%

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 A-40 A-640

Principal Highways Route 138

Secondary Highways Route 339 Route 341 Route 344

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141087 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 600 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2460) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map