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L'Île-d'Orléans
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°55′N 70°54′W / 46.917°N 70.900°W / 46.917; -70.900
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jean-Pierre Turcotte
Area
• Total	268.50 km (103.67 sq mi)
• Land	192.85 km (74.46 sq mi)
Population
• Total	7,082
• Density	36.7/km (95/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	5.5%
• Dwellings	3,703
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	418 and 581
Website	mrc.iledorleans.com

L'Île-d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [lil dɔʁleɑ̃]) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the 2016 census was 7,082 people.

The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of land area (though not in total area including water).

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		7,020		6,860	5.9%	97.72%		70	6.7%	1.07%		15	50.0%	0.21%		75	66.7%	1.07%
2011		6,610		6,480	0.9%	98.03%		75	6.3%	1.13%		10	81.8%	0.15%		45	57.1%	0.68%
2006		6,780		6,540	1.6%	96.46%		80	220.0%	1.18%		55	175.0%	0.81%		105	600.0%	1.55%
2001		6,705		6,645	0.7%	99.11%		25	37.5%	0.37%		20	0.0%	0.30%		15	40.0%	0.22%
1996		6,780		6,695	n/a	98.75%		40	n/a	0.59%		20	n/a	0.29%		25	n/a	0.37%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141064". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 200". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Île-d'Orléans, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
4. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
7. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
9. ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
10. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• MRC de l'Île d'Orléans official website
• Carte cadastrale - Surveyor's map, A.D. 1709

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM Saint Lawrence River Saint Lawrence River / Quebec TE L'Île-d'Orléans RCM Lévis TE / Saint Lawrence River Saint Lawrence River Bellechasse RCM Saint Lawrence River Montmagny RCM

v t e  Administrative divisions of Capitale-Nationale  (Region 03)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Charlevoix-Est Charlevoix L'Île-d'Orleans La Côte-de-Beaupré La Jacques-Cartier Québec Portneuf
Municipalities	Baie-Saint-Paul Boischatel Clermont Donnacona L'Ancienne-Lorette La Malbaie Lac-Beauport Pont-Rouge Quebec City Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Saint-Raymond Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality