Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°07′N 74°36′W / 46.117°N 74.600°W / 46.117; -74.600^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionLaurentidesEffectiveJanuary 1, 1983County seatMont-BlancGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectRonald ProvostArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total2,599.70 km² (1,003.75 sq mi) • Land2,457.53 km² (948.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total50,777 • Density20.7/km² (54/sq mi) • Change
2016-2021

10.6% • Dwellings

37,057Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code819Websitewww.mrclaurentides.qc.ca

Les Laurentides (English: The Laurentians) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Mont-Blanc. It is named after the Laurentian Mountains.

The population was 50,777 according to the 2021 Canadian Census.^[3]

Subdivisions

There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3)

Municipalities (14)

Townships (2)

Villages (1)

Val-David

Indian Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM)

Doncaster

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

Autoroutes
- A-15 (TCH)

Principal Highways
- R-117 (TCH)

Secondary Highways
- R-323
- R-327
- R-329
- R-364

External Routes
- None

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141069". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 780". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Les Laurentides, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map