Misplaced Pages

Les Maskoutains
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°W / 45.617; -72.950
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Hyacinthe
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Mme Francine Morin
Area
• Total	1,313.90 km (507.30 sq mi)
• Land	1,302.90 km (503.05 sq mi)
Population
• Total	87,099
• Density	66.9/km (173/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.4%
• Dwellings	40,244
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcmaskoutains.qc.ca

Les Maskoutains (French pronunciation: [le maskutɛ̃]) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.

The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.

Subdivisions

There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Maskoutains 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		86,010		81,730	2.7%	95.0%		665	3.1%	0.8%		330	8.2%	0.4%		3,285	59.1%	2.50%
2011		82,625		79,610	4.2%	96.35%		645	16.2%	0.78%		305	69.4%	0.37%		2,065	16.7%	2.50%
2006		78,930		76,425	1.4%	96.83%		555	2.8%	0.70%		180	12.2%	0.23%		1,770	100.0%	2.24%
2001		77,025		75,395	0.4%	97.88%		540	28.9%	0.70%		205	20.6%	0.27%		885	22.9%	1.15%
1996		77,385		75,735	n/a	97.87%		760	n/a	0.98%		170	n/a	0.22%		720	n/a	0.93%

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 141068". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 540". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Maskoutains, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 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 2019-11-25.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
10. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Pierre-De Saurel RCM Drummond RCM La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Les Maskoutains RCM Acton RCM Rouville RCM La Haute-Yamaska RCM

v t e  Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Acton Pierre-De Saurel Les Maskoutains Rouville Le Haut-Richelieu La Vallée-du-Richelieu Longueuil Marguerite-D'Youville Roussillon Les Jardins-de-Napierville Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Beauharnois-Salaberry Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Municipalities	Cowansville Granby Sorel-Tracy Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Chambly Saint-Basile-le-Grand Mont-Saint-Hilaire Beloeil Brossard Saint-Lambert Boucherville Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Longueuil Sainte-Julie Varennes La Prairie Candiac Sainte-Catherine Saint-Constant Mercier Châteauguay Beauharnois Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Pincourt Vaudreuil-Dorion Saint-Lazare
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
• Census divisions of Quebec