Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

45°28′N 71°32′W / 45.467°N 71.533°W / 45.467; -71.533^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionEstrieEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatCookshire-EatonGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectRobert G. RoyArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total2,307.50 km² (890.93 sq mi) • Land2,273.39 km² (877.76 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total22,335 • Density9.8/km² (25/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

1.2%Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code819Websitewww.mrchsf.com^[4]

Le Haut-Saint-François (French pronunciation: [lə o sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]; The Upper Saint-François [St. Francis]) is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada in the Estrie region. Its seat is in Cookshire-Eaton, and it is named for the Saint-François River which runs through the RCM.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & towns (3)

Cookshire-Eaton
East Angus
Scotstown

Municipalities (8)

Townships (3)

Demographics

Mother tongue data, from Canada 2016 Census:^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	19,580	88.3%
English only	2,195	9.9%
Both English and French	205	0.9%
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-108
- R-112
- R-161

Secondary highways
- R-210
- R-212
- R-214
- R-251
- R-253
- R-255
- R-257

External routes
- US 3

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141077". 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: Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Haut-Saint-François, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map