Acton Regional County Municipality
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Region Montérégie | | |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 | |
| County seat | Acton Vale | |
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Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.[2]
Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26.9 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.[5]
Subdivisions
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Mother tongue from
Canada 2016 Census[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 14,925 | 95.7% |
| English only | 160 | 1.0% |
| Both English and French | 55 | 0.4% |
| Other languages | 455 | 2.9% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
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Attractions and Other Areas
La Campagnarde Trail
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141124". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 480". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Acton, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Acton Regional County Municipality (Code 2448) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Acton RCM Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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