Le Domaine-du-Roy

Le Domaine-du-Roy
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°29′N 72°21′W / 48.483°N 72.350°WCoordinates: 48°29′N 72°21′W / 48.483°N 72.350°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	Roberval
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Bernard Généreux
Area[2][3]
• Total	18,713.70 km^2 (7,225.40 sq mi)
• Land	17,799.45 km^2 (6,872.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	31,870
• Density	1.8/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop (2006–11)	0.3%
• Dwellings	17,494
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.domaineduroy.ca

Le Domaine-du-Roy (The King's Domain) is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Roberval. It is named for the King of France, who at the time of the colonization of Quebec owned this land.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Roberval Saint-Félicien

Municipalities (5) Chambord Lac-Bouchette Sainte-Hedwidge Saint-François-de-Sales Saint-Prime

Parishes (1) La Doré

Villages (1) Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean

Unorganized Territory (1) Lac-Ashuapmushuan

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 33,239 —     1996 33,860 +1.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 32,839 −3.0% 2006 31,956 −2.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 31,870 −0.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Domaine-du-Roy 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		31,345		30,865	0.5%	98.47%		100	9.1%	0.32%		50	23.1%	0.16%		330	37.1%	1.05%
2006		31,415		30,715	2.5%	97.77%		110	12.0%	0.35%		65	333.3%	0.21%		525	5.0%	1.67%
2001		32,155		31,515	3.3%	98.01%		125	31.6%	0.39%		15	81.3%	0.05%		500	21.0%	1.55%
1996		33,160		32,590	n/a	98.28%		95	n/a	0.29%		80	n/a	0.24%		395	n/a	1.19%

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 155 Route 167 Route 169

Secondary Highways None

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141081 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 910 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2491) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map