Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality

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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°24′N 70°21′W / 46.400°N 70.350°W / 46.400; -70.350^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatLac-EtcheminGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectHector ProvençalArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total1,819.40 km² (702.47 sq mi) • Land1,810.05 km² (698.86 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total16,536 • Density9.1/km² (24/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

4.2% • Dwellings

8,764Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code(s)418 and 581Websitewww.mrcetchemins.qc.ca

Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Municipalities (10)

Parishes (3)

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

Autoroutes
- None

Principal Highways
- None

Secondary Highways
- R-204
- R-275
- R-277
- R-281

External Routes
- None

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141072". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 280". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Etchemins, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map