Acton Regional County Municipality
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Acton | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Location of Acton | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Acton Vale |
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Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Jean-Marie Laplante |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 583.00 km2 (225.10 sq mi) |
• Land | 580.73 km2 (224.22 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 15,381 |
• Density | 26.5/km2 (69/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 6,806 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
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 26.5 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.[4]
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Subdivisions
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 14,475 | 96.53% |
English only | 145 | 0.97% |
Both English and French | 95 | 0.63% |
Other languages | 280 | 1.87% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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Attractions and Other Areas
La Campagnarde Trail
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141124 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Geographic code 480 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Acton RCM
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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Drummond RCM | ![]() |
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Les Maskoutains RCM | ![]() |
Le Val-Saint-François RCM | ||
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La Haute-Yamaska RCM |