Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Nicolet-Yamaska

Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 46°04′N 72°50′W﻿ / ﻿46.067°N 72.833°W﻿ / 46.067; -72.833[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Centre-du-Québec
Effective| January 1, 1982
County seat| Nicolet
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Alain Drouin
Area

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• 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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Nicolet-Yamaska (French pronunciation: [nikɔlɛ(t) jamaska]) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is Nicolet.

## Subdivisions

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There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (1)

* Nicolet

Municipalities (11)

* Aston-Jonction
* Baie-du-Febvre
* Grand-Saint-Esprit
* La Visitation-de-Yamaska
* Pierreville
* Saint-Célestin
* Saint-François-du-Lac
* Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
* Saint-Wenceslas
* Sainte-Eulalie
* Sainte-Monique

Parishes (3)

* Saint-Elphège
* Sainte-Perpétue
* Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval

Villages (1)

* Saint-Célestin

First Nations Reserve (1)

(not associated with RCM)

* Odanak

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## Demographics

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Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]

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%

## Transportation

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### Access Routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]

* Autoroutes
* A-20 (TCH)
* A-55

* Principal Highways
* R-132
* R-143
* R-155
* R-161

* Secondary Highways
* R-226
* R-255
* R-259

* External Routes
* None

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## See also

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* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141049". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b c "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.
3. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Nicolet-Yamaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
4. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec
5. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

## External links

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* Nicolet-Yamaska RCM official web portal

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Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | Saint Lawrence River
Maskinongé RCM / Trois-Rivières TE |

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Pierre-De Saurel RCM |

Nicolet-Yamaska RCM

| Bécancour RCM
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| Drummond RCM |

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Administrative divisions of Centre-du-Québec (Region 17)

Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories|

* L'Érable
* Bécancour
* Arthabaska
* Drummond
* Nicolet-Yamaska

Municipalities|

* Princeville
* Plessisville (V)
* Bécancour
* Victoriaville
* Warwick
* Kingsey Falls
* Daveluyville
* Drummondville
* Nicolet

Administrative divisions of Quebec
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