Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality
Les Laurentides (The Laurentians) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré. It is named after the Laurentian Mountains.
Les Laurentides | |
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 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°07′N 74°36′W[1] | |
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| Region | Laurentides |
| Effective | January 1, 1983 |
| County seat | Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Ronald Provost |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,599.70 km2 (1,003.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,479.05 km2 (957.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 45,902 |
| • Density | 18.5/km2 (48/sq mi) |
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| • Dwellings | 36,150 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Website | www |
The population was 45,902 according to the 2016 Canadian Census.[3]
Subdivisions
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]
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References
- Reference number 141069 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 780 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Laurentides, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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