Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality

Marguerite-D'Youville
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°41′N 73°26′W / 45.683°N 73.433°WCoordinates: 45°41′N 73°26′W / 45.683°N 73.433°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
Named for	Marguerite d'Youville
County seat	Verchères
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Suzanne Roy
Area[2][3]
• Total	405.90 km^2 (156.72 sq mi)
• Land	345.55 km^2 (133.42 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	74,416
• Density	215.4/km^2 (558/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.5%
• Dwellings	28,622
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.margueritedyouville.ca

Marguerite-D'Youville is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères.

The RCM was formerly named Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, after Christophe du Frost de Lajemmerais, the father of Marguerite d'Youville. On February 12, 2011, the name was changed to honour d'Youville directly. However, Statistics Canada retained the name "Lajemmerais" for the 2011 census because the name change came after its reference date of January 1, 2012.^[4]

Subdivisions

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

Cities & Towns Contrecœur Sainte-Julie Varennes

Municipalities Calixa-Lavallée Saint-Amable Verchères

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 85,720 —     1996 95,618 +11.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 100,263 +4.9% 2001A 64,010 −36.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 69,881 +9.2% 2011 74,416 +6.5%
(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		74,070		71,120	6.2%	96.02%		1,145	18.0%	1.54%		390	136.4%	0.53%		1,415	2.9%	1.91%
2006		69,485		66,975	29.8%	96.39%		970	44.7%	1.39%		165	67.3%	0.24%		1,375	16.9%	1.98%
2001		99,385		95,470	3.7%	96.06%		1,755	2.2%	1.77%		505	31.2%	0.51%		1,655	271.9%	1.66%
1996		94,720		92,095	n/a	97.23%		1,795	n/a	1.89%		385	n/a	0.41%		445	n/a	0.47%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[9]

Autoroutes A-20 (TCH) A-30

Principal Highways Route 132 Route 133 Route 137

Secondary Highways None

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 411217 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 590 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2459) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Soucy, Audrée (February 2011). "Modifications aux divisions territoriales" (PDF). Modifications aux municipalités du Québec: 4. ISSN 1715-6408. Cependant, c’est seulement dans le Recensement de 2016 que Statistique Canada utilisera ce nouveau nom, puisque la date de référence pour la géographie du Recensement de 2011 est le 1^er janvier 2011.
5. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
6. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
7. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. Official Transport Quebec Road Map