L'Érable Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°15′N 71°45′W / 46.250°N 71.750°W / 46.250; -71.750^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionCentre-du-QuébecEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatPlessisvilleGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectSylvain LabrecqueArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total1,300.70 km² (502.20 sq mi) • Land1,287.86 km² (497.25 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total23,425 • Density18.2/km² (47/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

0.3% • Dwellings

11,315Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code819Websitewww.mrc-erable.qc.ca^[4]

L'Érable (Maple) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City. Its seat is Plessisville.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2)

Municipalities (6)

Parishes (2)

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	22,735	98.3%
English only	150	0.6%
Both English and French	50	0.2%
Other languages	200	0.9%

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
- None

Principal Highways
- R-116
- R-165

Secondary Highways
- R-218
- R-263
- R-265
- R-267

External Routes
- None

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141075". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: L'Érable Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Érable, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Quebec
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map