L'Islet Regional County Municipality

L'Islet
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W / 47.100°N 69.983°WCoordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W / 47.100°N 69.983°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Réal Laverdière
Area[2][3]
• Total	2,448.50 km^2 (945.37 sq mi)
• Land	2,099.82 km^2 (810.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	18,517
• Density	8.8/km^2 (23/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.0%
• Dwellings	9,771
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrclislet.com

L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1) Saint-Pamphile

Municipalities (10) L'Islet Saint-Adalbert Saint-Aubert Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet Sainte-Félicité

Sainte-Perpétue Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Saint-Marcel Saint-Omer Tourville

Parishes (3) Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard Sainte-Louise Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies

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 A-20

Principal Highways Route 132

Secondary Highways Route 204 Route 216 Route 285

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141063 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 170 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2417) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• (French) L'Islet Regional County Municipality website