Acton Regional County Municipality
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Acton | |
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Coordinates: 45°39′N 72°34′W / 45.650°N 72.567°W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Acton Vale |
Communities | List
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Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Jean-Marie Laplante |
Area | |
• Total | 583.00 km2 (225.10 sq mi) |
• Land | 579.80 km2 (223.86 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 15,594 |
• Density | 26.9/km2 (70/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 7,101 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area codes | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
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Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.[2]
Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26.9 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.[5]
Subdivisions[edit]
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics[edit]
Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census[3]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 14,925 | 95.7% |
English only | 160 | 1.0% |
Both English and French | 55 | 0.4% |
Other languages | 455 | 2.9% |
Transportation[edit]
Access Routes[edit]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
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Attractions and Other Areas[edit]
La Campagnarde Trail
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141124". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 480". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Acton, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Acton Regional County Municipality (Code 2448) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Acton RCM Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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