Le Granit Regional County Municipality
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Coordinates: 45°35′N 70°53′W / 45.583°N 70.883°W[1] | |
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Region | Estrie |
Effective | May 26, 1982 |
County seat | Lac-Mégantic |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Monique Pherivong Lenoir |
Area | |
• Total | 2,831.80 km2 (1,093.36 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,735.21 km2 (1,056.07 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 21,462 |
• Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 12,478 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code | 819 |
Website | www |
Le Granit (Granite) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. It is named for its abundance of granite. Created in 1982, Le Granit's seat is Lac-Mégantic.
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There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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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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- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141079". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Granit Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Granit, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map