Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality

Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°42′N 71°17′W / 46.700°N 71.283°W / 46.700; -71.283Coordinates: 46°42′N 71°17′W / 46.700°N 71.283°W / 46.700; -71.283[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective January 1982[1]
Dissolved December 31, 2001
Government
 • Type Prefecture
Area[1][2]
 • Total 419 km2 (162 sq mi)
 • Land 422.26 km2 (163.04 sq mi)
  There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2001)[2]
 • Total 78,808
 • Density 186.6/km2 (483/sq mi)
 • Change (1996–2001) Increase4.2%
 • Dwellings 30,179
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 418

Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière was a former regional county municipality and census division in Quebec. It and Desjardins Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. It ceased to exist when most of it, along with most of Desjardins RCM, amalgamated into the expanded city of Lévis on January 1, 2002.

Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM consisted of:

When Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM was dissolved, nearly all of its components amalgamated into the newly expanded Lévis. Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Redempteur comprised the borough of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest; Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Romuald, and Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville comprised the borough of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est; Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon remained independent and joined La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reference number 141073 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "2001 Census profile: Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière".


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