Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality

Les Etchemins
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°WCoordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Lac-Etchemin
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Hector Provençal
Area[2][3]
• Total	1,819.40 km^2 (702.47 sq mi)
• Land	1,810.33 km^2 (698.97 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	17,254
• Density	9.5/km^2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.0%
• Dwellings	8,651
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcetchemins.qc.ca

Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Municipalities (10) Lac-Etchemin Saint-Benjamin Sainte-Aurélie Sainte-Justine Sainte-Rose-de-Watford

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse Saint-Magloire Saint-Prosper Saint-Zacharie

Parishes (3) Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Sainte-Sabine

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

Principal Highways None

Secondary Highways Route 204 Route 275 Route 277 Route 281

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141072 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 280 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2428) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality website