Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality

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Brome-Missisquoi
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Location in province of Quebec.
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
Effective January 1, 2010
County seat Cowansville
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Arthur Fauteux
Area[2]
 • Total 1,685.90 km2 (650.93 sq mi)
 • Land 1,650.20 km2 (637.15 sq mi)
Population (2021)[2]
 • Total 64,786
 • Density 39.3/km2 (102/sq mi)
 • Change
2016-2021		 Increase 11.1%
 • Dwellings 34,331
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.brome-missisquoi.ca
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Brome-Missisquoi (French pronunciation: ​[bʁɔm misiskwa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It lies in the Eastern Townships area. The seat is Cowansville.[1] In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.

In Parliament it is covered by the Brome—Missisquoi federal electoral district.

History

In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic Brome and Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont moved from La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality to Brome-Missisquoi.[5]

Subdivisions

There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM:[1][6]
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Name Votes Population [7] Area (km^2)
Abercorn 1 341 26.72
Bedford (Town) 1 2,558 4.23
Bedford (Township) 1 658 31.96
Bolton-Ouest 1 732 100.94
Brigham 1 2,282 86.92
Brome 1 341 11.56
Bromont 6 11,357 114.05
Cowansville 8 15,234 46.87
Dunham 2 3,599 193.86
East-Farnham 1 612 5.02
Farnham 5 10,149 92.12
Frelighsburg 1 1,123 123.31
Lac-Brome 3 5,923 206.9
Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge 1 691 43.89
Pike-River 1 503 40.77
Saint-Armand 1 1,228 83.16
Sainte-Sabine 1 1,105 55.33
Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge 1 677 69.42
Stanbridge East 1 834 49.41
Stanbridge Station 1 291 18.07
Sutton 2 4,548 245.69
Total 41 64,786 1650.20

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Year Pop. ±%
1991 45,257 —    
1996 45,987 +1.6%
2001 46,165 +0.4%
Year Pop. ±%
2006 46,720 +1.2%
2010A 52,769 +12.9%
2011 55,621 +5.4%
Year Pop. ±%
2016 58,314 +4.8%
2021 64,786 +11.1%
,[11][2] 2021
(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec[11]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2021
63,560
 50,310 Increase 12.2% 79.04% 9,885 Increase 0.97% 15.55% 1,585 Increase 82.18% 2.49% 1,490 Increase 12.03% 2.34%
2016
56,955
 44,820 Increase 71.2% 78.69% 9,790 Decrease 4.4% 17.02% 870 Increase 3.57% 1.53% 1,330 Increase 5.5% 2.33%
2011
54,590
 42,240 Increase 25.9% 77.38% 10,250 Increase 4.2% 18.78% 840 Increase 18.3% 1.54% 1,260 Decrease 2.7% 2.31%
2006
45,400
 33,560 Increase 1.8% 73.92% 9,835 Decrease 2.8% 21.66% 710 Decrease 4.7% 1.56% 1,295 Increase 30.8% 2.85%
2001
44,830
 32,975 Increase 2.7% 73.56% 10,120 Decrease 6.1% 22.57% 745 Increase 4.9% 1.66% 990 Increase 11.2% 2.21%
1996
44,485
 32,105 n/a 72.17% 10,780 n/a 24.23% 710 n/a 1.60% 890 n/a 2.00%

Highways

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geographic code 460 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ Reference number 141114 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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  7. ↑ 2021 Census
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  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  12. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Rouville RCM La Haute-Yamaska RCM
Le Haute-Richelieu RCM Memphrémagog RCM
  Brome-Missisquoi RCM  
 United States
Vermont Franklin County, Vermont		  United States
Vermont Orleans County, Vermont


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