La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality
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| La Jacques-Cartier | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
| Location of La Jacques-Cartier | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Effective | April 1, 1981 |
| County seat | Shannon |
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| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Jacques Marcotte |
| Area[3][4] | |
| • Total | 3,321.20 km2 (1,282.32 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,194.99 km2 (1,233.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 36,883 |
| • Density | 11.5/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  24.0% |
| • Dwellings | 16,206 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www.mrc. lajacquescartier.qc.ca |
La Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country.
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Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[3]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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French
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English
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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2011
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36,790
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34,895 | 25.2% |
94.85% | 1,295 | 22.2% |
3.52% | 280 | 30.2% |
0.76% | 320 |  39.6% |
0.87% | |||||
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2006
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29,680
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27,875 | 13.1% |
93.92% | 1,060 | 17.2% |
3.57% | 215 | 2.4% |
0.72% | 530 | 112.0% |
1.79% | |||||
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2001
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26,380
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24,640 | 7.9% |
93.40% | 1,280 | 15.5% |
4.85% | 210 | 27.3% |
0.80% | 250 | 35.1% |
0.95% | |||||
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1996
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24,705
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22,840 | n/a | 92.45% | 1,515 | n/a | 6.13% | 165 | n/a | 0.67% | 185 | n/a | 0.75% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[8]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141093 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Geographic code 220 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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