Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

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Le Val-Saint-François
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°34′N 72°01′W / 45.567°N 72.017°W / 45.567; -72.017[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Richmond
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Claude Boucher
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,416.60 km2 (546.95 sq mi)
• Land	1,403.43 km2 (541.87 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	30,686
• Density	21.9/km2 (57/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.5%
• Dwellings	14,359
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.val-saint-francois.qc.ca

Le Val-Saint-François (French pronunciation: [lə val sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond.

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		30,405		27,875	4.0%	91.68%		2,045	5.1%	6.73%		215	17.3%	0.71%		270	42.1%	0.89%
2011		29,405		26,800	3.6%	91.14%		2,155	10.2%	7.33%		260	1.9%	0.88%		190	26.9%	0.65%
2006		28,760		25,845	3.1%	89.86%		2,400	3.8%	8.34%		255	31.4%	0.89%		260	40.4%	0.90%
2001		27,695		25,055	16.2%	90.47%		2,310	10.8%	8.34%		175	32.7%	0.63%		155	19.4%	0.56%
1996		32,875		29,900	n/a	90.95%		2,590	n/a	7.88%		260	n/a	0.79%		125	n/a	0.38%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[10]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec