Matawinie Regional County Municipality
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| Matawinie | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
| Location of Matawinie | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Rawdon |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Gaétan Morin |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 10,430.00 km2 (4,027.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 9,527.58 km2 (3,678.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 49,516 |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  0.4% |
| • Dwellings | 34,229 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the Canada 2011 Census is 49,516.[3]
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Subdivisions
There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Census | Total |
French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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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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49,055
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43,990 | 1.1% |
89.67% | 1,975 |  24.2% |
4.03% | 315 | 23.5% |
0.64% | 2,775 | 4.8% |
5.66% | |||||
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2006
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49,250
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44,490 | 16.3% |
90.33% | 1,590 | 11.7% |
3.23% | 255 | 5.6% |
0.52% | 2,915 | 28.7% |
5.92% | |||||
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2001
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42,605
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38,270 | 4.9% |
89.83% | 1,800 | 11.1% |
4.22% | 270 | 6.9% |
0.63% | 2,265 | 19.2% |
5.32% | |||||
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1996
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40,710
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36,495 | n/a | 89.65% | 2,025 | n/a | 4.97% | 290 | n/a | 0.71% | 1,900 | n/a | 4.67% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141056 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 620 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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