Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality

Les Appalaches
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°05′N 71°18′W / 46.083°N 71.300°WCoordinates: 46°05′N 71°18′W / 46.083°N 71.300°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Thetford Mines
Settlements	List Cities Disraeli Thetford Mines   Municipalities Adstock Beaulac-Garthby East Broughton Irlande Kinnear's Mills Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce Saint-Fortunat Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Saint-Julien Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton   Parishes Disraeli Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Sainte-Praxède Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Ghislain Hamel
Area[2][3]
• Total	1,987.10 km^2 (767.22 sq mi)
• Land	1,912.88 km^2 (738.57 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	43,120
• Density	22.5/km^2 (58/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.6%
• Dwellings	22,306
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc desappalaches.ca

Les Appalaches ((French) Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches) is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The county seat and largest city is Thetford Mines.

The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the Appalachian Mountains with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of asbestos mining in the region (amiante is French for "asbestos").

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Disraeli Thetford Mines

Municipalities (13) Adstock Beaulac-Garthby East Broughton Irlande Kinnear's Mills Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce

Saint-Fortunat Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Saint-Julien Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton

Parishes (4) Disraeli Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Sainte-Praxède Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown

Demographics

Population

(Statistics Canada, 2006)

• National rank in terms of population: 128
• Provincial rank in terms of population: 35
• 99.1% White
• 0.3% Aboriginal
• 0.6% Visible Minority

Language

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	41,150	96.98%
English only	585	1.38%
Both English and French	205	0.48%
Other languages	490	1.16%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways Route 108 Route 112 Route 165

Secondary Highways Route 216 Route 263 Route 267 Route 269 Route 271

External Routes None

Attractions

• Chemins Craig and Gosford Historic Route
• Serpentine-de-Coleraine Ecological Reserve (Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine)
• Frontenac National Park (Adstock)
• Heritage Kinnear's Mills (Kinnear's Mills)
• Mount Adstock (Adstock)
• Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines (Thetford Mines)
• Thetford Mines Bike Path (Thetford Mines)

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 403501 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
3. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, Quebec
4. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

• Commission de toponymie du Québec