Roussillon Regional County Municipality

Roussillon
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°WCoordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
Named for	Régiment Royal Roussillon[1]
County seat	Saint-Constant
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Nathalie Simon
Area[2][3]
• Total	403.60 km^2 (155.83 sq mi)
• Land	423.24 km^2 (163.41 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	162,187
• Density	383.2/km^2 (992/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	8.1%
	Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcroussillon.qc.ca

Roussillon is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 162,187 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (8) Candiac Châteauguay Delson La Prairie Léry Mercier Saint-Constant Sainte-Catherine

Municipalities (2) Saint-Mathieu Saint-Philippe

Parishes (1) Saint-Isidore

Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM) Kahnawake

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 118,355 —     1996 132,167 +11.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 138,172 +4.5% 2006 149,996 +8.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 162,187 +8.1%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		160,260		127,660	4.3%	79.66%		18,735	13.2%	11.69%		2,045	89.4%	1.28%		11,820	37.6%	7.37%
2006		148,560		122,345	7.4%	82.35%		16,545	1.1%	11.14%		1,080	8.5%	0.73%		8,590	48.2%	5.78%
2001		137,200		113,865	6.3%	82.99%		16,360	4.2%	11.93%		1,180	11.3%	0.86%		5,795	6.1%	4.22%
1996		130,975		107,105	n/a	81.78%		17,080	n/a	13.04%		1,330	n/a	1.01%		5,460	n/a	4.17%

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-15 A-30

Principal Highways Route 104 Route 132 Route 134 Route 138

Secondary Highways Route 207 Route 209 Route 217 Route 221

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=141041
2. Geographic code 670 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2467) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map