Roussillon Regional County Municipality
Roussillon | |
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Regional county municipality | |
![]() Location in province of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°WCoordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°W[1] | |
Country |
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Province |
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Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
Named for | Régiment Royal Roussillon[1] |
County seat | Saint-Constant |
Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Nathalie Simon |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 403.60 km2 (155.83 sq mi) |
• Land | 423.24 km2 (163.41 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 162,187 |
• Density | 383.2/km2 (992/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006–2011 |
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Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website |
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Roussillon is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 162,187 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – Roussillon Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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2011 | 2006 | 2001 | |
Population: | 162,187 (+8.1% from 2006) | 149,996 (+8.6% from 2001) | 138,172 (+4.5% from 1996) |
Land area: | 423.24 km2 (163.41 sq mi) | 423.22 km2 (163.41 sq mi) | 425.21 km2 (164.17 sq mi) |
Population density: | 383.2/km2 (992/sq mi) | 354.4/km2 (918/sq mi) | 325.0/km2 (842/sq mi) |
Median age: | 39.5 (M: 38.7, F: 40.2) | 38.5 (M: 37.7, F: 39.2) | 36.7 (M: 36.2, F: 37.2) |
Total private dwellings: | 63,441 | 57,300 | 51,425 |
Median household income: | $69,942 | $62,568 | $54,981 |
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] 2001[5] |
Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
160,260 |
127,660 | ![]() |
79.66% | 18,735 | ![]() |
11.69% | 2,045 | ![]() |
1.28% | 11,820 | ![]() |
7.37% | |||||
2006 |
148,560 |
122,345 | ![]() |
82.35% | 16,545 | ![]() |
11.14% | 1,080 | ![]() |
0.73% | 8,590 | ![]() |
5.78% | |||||
2001 |
137,200 |
113,865 | ![]() |
82.99% | 16,360 | ![]() |
11.93% | 1,180 | ![]() |
0.86% | 5,795 | ![]() |
4.22% | |||||
1996 |
130,975 |
107,105 | n/a | 81.78% | 17,080 | n/a | 13.04% | 1,330 | n/a | 1.01% | 5,460 | n/a | 4.17% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
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See also
References
- 1 2 http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=141041
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 670 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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