L'Islet_Regional_County_Municipality
L'Islet Regional County Municipality
Location in Quebec, Canada
L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
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L'Islet | |
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| Coordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Réal Laverdière |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,448.50 km2 (945.37 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,100.02 km2 (810.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 17,798 |
| • Density | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  3.9% |
| • Dwellings | 9,924 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.
Adjacent counties and municipalities
- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality – northeast
- Aroostook County, Maine – southeast
- Montmagny Regional County Municipality – southwest
- Charlevoix Regional County Municipality – northwest
There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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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:[4]
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- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141063". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 170". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Islet, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- (in French) L'Islet Regional County Municipality
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