Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality

Robert-Cliche
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°12′N 70°49′W / 46.200°N 70.817°W / 46.200; -70.817Coordinates: 46°12′N 70°49′W / 46.200°N 70.817°W / 46.200; -70.817[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Beauceville
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Jean-Rock Veilleux
Area[2][3]
 • Total 844.80 km2 (326.18 sq mi)
 • Land 838.81 km2 (323.87 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 19,288
 • Density 23.0/km2 (60/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.7%
 • Dwellings 8,532
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.beaucerc.com

Robert-Cliche is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality.

Established in 1982 as a successor to Beauce County, Robert-Cliche is made of ten municipalities and is mainly French-speaking. The territory is a mix of urban and rural. Beauceville, the county seat, is the most populous municipality.

It is named after Quebec politician, writer, lawyer and judge Robert Cliche. He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, one of Robert-Cliche's municipalities.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 141042 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 270 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2427) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère des Transports (30 May 2015). "Transports Québec : Québec 511 - Carte routière". gouv.qc.ca.




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