Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
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Le Haut-Saint-François | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Location of Le Haut-Saint-François | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Cookshire-Eaton |
Government[1] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Robert G. Roy |
Area[1][2] | |
• Total | 2,307.50 km2 (890.93 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,273.39 km2 (877.76 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 22,335 |
• Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 |
1.2% |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Website | www |
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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:[1]
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Demographics
Mother tongue data, from Canada 2016 Census:[2]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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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]
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See also
References
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- ↑ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- ↑ Reference number 141077 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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Le Val-Saint-François RCM Sherbrooke TE |
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