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Drummond
Regional county municipality
Location of Drummond
Coordinates: 45°53′N 72°29′W / 45.883°N 72.483°W / 45.883; -72.483
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatDrummondville
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectJean-Pierre Vallée
Area
 • Total1,627.20 km (628.27 sq mi)
 • Land1,600.26 km (617.86 sq mi)
Population
 • Total103,397
 • Density64.6/km (167/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016		Increase 4.8%
 • Dwellings47,581
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code819
Websitewww.mrcdrummond.qc.ca

Drummond (French pronunciation: [dʁɔmɔnd]) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Drummondville.

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (1)
Municipalities (12)
Parishes (4)
Villages (1)

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 97,865 96.0%
English only 1,245 1.2%
Both English and French 460 0.5%
Other languages 2,380 2.3%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

  • External Routes
    • None

See also

References

  1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141104". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Drummond Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Drummond, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Drummond Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Pierre-De Saurel RCM Nicolet-Yamaska RCM Arthabaska RCM
Les Maskoutains RCM Drummond RCM Les Sources RCM
Acton RCM Le Val-Saint-François RCM


Quebec Administrative divisions of Centre-du-Québec  (Region 17)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities
Administrative divisions of Quebec
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