Bécancour_Regional_County_Municipality
Bécancour Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
Bécancour is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Bécancour.[2]
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Bécancour | |
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Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°19′N 72°11′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Bécancour |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Poste vacant |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,231.30 km2 (475.41 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,144.67 km2 (441.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 20,404 |
| • Density | 17.8/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  1.6% |
| • Dwellings | 9,947 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
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There are 12 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]
More information Language, Population ...
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 19,550 | 97.9% |
| English only | 155 | 0.8% |
| Both English and French | 65 | 0.3% |
| Other languages | 205 | 1.0% |
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Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141117". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 380". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census Bécancour, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- "Bécancour Regional County Municipality (Code 2438) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.