L'Assomption Regional County Municipality

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L'Assomption
Regional county municipality
Location of L'Assomption
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Lanaudière
Effective January 1, 1983
County seat L'Assomption
Government[1]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Chantal Deschamps
Area[1][2]
 • Total 285.40 km2 (110.19 sq mi)
 • Land 255.65 km2 (98.71 sq mi)
Population (2016)[2]
 • Total 124,759
 • Density 488.0/km2 (1,264/sq mi)
 • Change
2011–2016
Increase 4.1%
 • Dwellings 50,828
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.mrclassomption.qc.ca

L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.

It is named for the L'Assomption River, which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.

Subdivisions

There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM:[1]

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Year Pop. ±%
1991 91,537 —    
1996 102,188 +11.6%
2001 103,977 +1.8%
Year Pop. ±%
2006 109,636 +5.4%
2011 119,840 +9.3%
2016 124,759 +4.1%
[6][2]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6][2]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2016
123,830
113,485 Increase 2.0% 91.6% 1,760 Increase 8.0% 1.4% 595 Decrease 9.8% 0.56% 7,990 Increase 67.5% 6.5%
2011
118,285
111,225 Increase 7.3% 94.03% 1,630 Increase 21.6% 1.38% 660 Increase 97.0% 0.56% 4,770 Increase 38.7% 4.03%
2006
108,815
103,700 Increase 3.3% 95.30% 1,340 Increase 21.3% 1.23% 335 Increase 42.6% 0.31% 3,440 Increase 135.6% 3.16%
2001
103,200
100,400 Increase 2.4% 97.29% 1,105 Decrease 22.7% 1.07% 235 Decrease 30.9% 0.23% 1,460 Increase 9.8% 1.41%
1996
101,190
98,090 n/a 96.94% 1,430 n/a 1.41% 340 n/a 0.34% 1,330 n/a 1.31%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geographic code 600 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Reference number 141087 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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  6. 6.0 6.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  7. Official Transport Quebec Road Map




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