Drummond Regional County Municipality
Appearance
Drummond | |
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Coordinates: 45°53′N 72°29′W / 45.883°N 72.483°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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Drummond (French pronunciation: [dʁɔmɔnd]) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Drummondville.
Subdivisions
[edit]There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
[edit]Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]
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% |
Transportation
[edit]Access Routes
[edit]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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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141104". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Drummond, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Drummond Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map