Drummond_Regional_County_Municipality
Drummond Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
Drummond is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Drummondville.
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Drummond | |
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| Coordinates: 45°53′N 72°29′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Drummondville |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Jean-Pierre Vallée |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,627.20 km2 (628.27 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,600.26 km2 (617.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 103,397 |
| • Density | 64.6/km2 (167/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  4.8% |
| • Dwellings | 47,581 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www |
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Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]
More information Language, Population ...
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 97,865 | 96.0% |
| English only | 1,245 | 1.2% |
| Both English and French | 460 | 0.5% |
| Other languages | 2,380 | 2.3% |
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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 141104". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Drummond Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Drummond, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.