Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

Le Val-Saint-François
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°34′N 72°01′W / 45.567°N 72.017°WCoordinates: 45°34′N 72°01′W / 45.567°N 72.017°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Richmond
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Claude Boucher
Area[2][3]
• Total	1,416.60 km^2 (546.95 sq mi)
• Land	1,403.96 km^2 (542.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	29,654
• Density	21.1/km^2 (55/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.2%
• Dwellings	13,640
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.val-saint-francois.qc.ca

Le Val-Saint-François (French pronunciation: ​[lə val sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond.

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Richmond Valcourt Windsor

Municipalities (10) Bonsecours Maricourt Racine Saint-Claude Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle Stoke Ulverton Val-Joli

Townships (3) Cleveland Melbourne Valcourt

Villages (2) Kingsbury Lawrenceville

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 32,304 —     1996 33,422 +3.5% 1996A 28,143 −15.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 28,176 +0.1% 2001A 28,383 +0.7% 2006 29,023 +2.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 29,654 +2.2%
(A) adjusted figure due to boundary changes.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Val-Saint-François 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		29,405		26,800	3.6%	91.14%		2,155	10.2%	7.33%		260	1.9%	0.88%		190	26.9%	0.65%
2006		28,760		25,845	3.1%	89.86%		2,400	3.8%	8.34%		255	31.4%	0.89%		260	40.4%	0.90%
2001		27,695		25,055	16.2%	90.47%		2,310	10.8%	8.34%		175	32.7%	0.63%		155	19.4%	0.56%
1996		32,875		29,900	n/a	90.95%		2,590	n/a	7.88%		260	n/a	0.79%		125	n/a	0.38%

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-55

Principal Highways Route 116 Route 143

Secondary Highways Route 216 Route 220 Route 222 Route 243 Route 249

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141065 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality.
3. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map.