Acton Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
45°39′N 72°34′W / 45.650°N 72.567°W / 45.650; -72.567[1]List
- City
- Acton Vale
- Municipalities
- Béthanie
- Saint-Théodore-d'Acton
- Upton
- Parishes
- Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton
- Sainte-Christine
- Townships
- Roxton Canton
- Villages
- Roxton Falls
(2016)[3]
2011-2016
Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.[2]
Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26.9 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.[5]
Subdivisions
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census[3]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 14,925 | 95.7% |
English only | 160 | 1.0% |
Both English and French | 55 | 0.4% |
Other languages | 455 | 2.9% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
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Attractions and Other Areas
La Campagnarde Trail
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141124". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 480". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Acton, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Acton Regional County Municipality (Code 2448) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Acton RCM Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
- (in French) Official Web Site of Acton Regional County Municipality
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and equivalent territories
- Cowansville
- Granby
- Sorel-Tracy
- Saint-Hyacinthe
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Chambly
- Saint-Basile-le-Grand
- Mont-Saint-Hilaire
- Beloeil
- Brossard
- Saint-Lambert
- Boucherville
- Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
- Longueuil
- Sainte-Julie
- Varennes
- La Prairie
- Candiac
- Sainte-Catherine
- Saint-Constant
- Mercier
- Châteauguay
- Beauharnois
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
- Pincourt
- Vaudreuil-Dorion
- Saint-Lazare