Arthabaska Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

45°55′N 72°05′W / 45.917°N 72.083°W / 45.917; -72.083^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionCentre-du-QuébecEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatVictoriavilleGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectLionel FréchetteArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total1,910.60 km² (737.69 sq mi) • Land1,890.18 km² (729.80 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total72,014 • Density38.1/km² (99/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

4.0% • Dwellings

33,483Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)Area code819Websitewww.mrc-arthabaska.qc.ca^[4]

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville.^[2]

Subdivisions

There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (4)

Daveluyville
Kingsey Falls
Victoriaville
Warwick

Municipalities (13)

Parishes (4)

Townships (1)

Ham-Nord

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	69,175	97.1%
English only	520	0.7%
Both English and French	215	0.3%
Other languages	1,335	1.9%

Attractions

Cinq-Chicots School of the Row (Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska)
LaPierre Mill (Norbertville)
Laurier Museum (Victoriaville)
Marie-Victorin Park (Kingsey Falls)
Postes Pavilion Hotel (Victoriaville)
Rivière Nicolet Trout Fishing Post (Notre-Dame-de-Ham)
Saint-Michel Mountain (Victoriaville)
St-Médard Church (1874) (Warwick)

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Autoroutes
- A-20 (TCH)
- A-955

Principal Highways
- R-116
- R-122
- R-161
- R-162
- R-165

Secondary Highways
- R-216
- R-218
- R-255
- R-261
- R-263

External Routes
- None

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141121". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 390". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Arthabaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (Code 2439) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map