Nicolet-Yamaska_Regional_County_Municipality,_Quebec
Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
Nicolet-Yamaska is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.
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Nicolet-Yamaska | |
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| Coordinates: 46°04′N 72°50′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Nicolet |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Alain Drouin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,182.20 km2 (456.45 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,007.09 km2 (388.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 23,159 |
| • Density | 23.0/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  1.6% |
| • Dwellings | 11,045 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www.mrcnicolet- yamaska.qc.ca |
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The county seat is Nicolet.
There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]
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| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 22,015 | 97.5% |
| English only | 210 | 0.9% |
| Both English and French | 70 | 0.3% |
| Other languages | 285 | 1.3% |
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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 141049". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Nicolet-Yamaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.