Roussillon Regional County Municipality
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Roussillon | |
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Coordinates:45°22′N73°34′W/ 45.367°N 73.567°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
Named for | Régiment Royal Roussillon[1] |
County seat | Saint-Constant |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Nathalie Simon |
Area | |
• Total | 403.60 km2(155.83 sq mi) |
• Land | 423.82 km2(163.64 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 171,443 |
• Density | 404.5/km2(1,048/sq mi) |
• Change 2011–2016 | 5.7% |
Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
Time zone | UTC−5(EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4(EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
Roussillon(French pronunciation:[ʁusijɔ̃]) is aregional county municipalityin theMontérégieregion ofQuebec,Canada. The seat is inSaint-Constant, Quebec.The region's population was 171,443 as of the2016 census.[3]
Subdivisions
[edit]There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 185,568 (+8.2% from 2016) | 171,443 (+5.7% from 2011) | 162,187 (+8.1% from 2006) |
Land area | 420.44 km2(162.33 sq mi) | 423.82 km2(163.64 sq mi) | 423.24 km2(163.41 sq mi) |
Population density | 441.4/km2(1,143/sq mi) | 404.5/km2(1,048/sq mi) | 383.2/km2(992/sq mi) |
Median age | 41.6 (M: 40.8, F: 42.4) | 40.6 (M: 39.8, F: 41.4) | 39.5 (M: 38.7, F: 40.2) |
Private dwellings | 72,650 (total) | 67,868 (total) | 63,441 (total) |
Median household income | $78,596 | $69,942 |
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Language
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Census | Total | French
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021
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184,130
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131,390 | 0.13% | 71.35% | 20,740 | 8.5% | 11.26% | 3,985 | 67.78% | 2.16% | 24,535 | 50.10% | 13.32% | |||||
2016
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170,835
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131,215 | 2.7% | 76.8% | 19,115 | 2.02% | 11.12% | 2375 | 16.14% | 1.39% | 16,345 | 38.28% | 9.57% | |||||
2011
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160,260
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127,660 | 4.3% | 79.66% | 18,735 | 13.2% | 11.69% | 2,045 | 89.4% | 1.28% | 11,820 | 37.6% | 7.37% | |||||
2006
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148,560
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122,345 | 7.4% | 82.35% | 16,545 | 1.1% | 11.14% | 1,080 | 8.5% | 0.73% | 8,590 | 48.2% | 5.78% | |||||
2001
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137,200
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113,865 | 6.3% | 82.99% | 16,360 | 4.2% | 11.93% | 1,180 | 11.3% | 0.86% | 5,795 | 6.1% | 4.22% | |||||
1996
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130,975
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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
[edit]Access Routes
[edit]Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[11]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Fiche descriptive".
- ^abc"Répertoire des municipalités:Geographic code 670 ".mamh.gouv.qc.ca(in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^abcd"Census Profile, 2016 Census: Roussillon, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec".Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017.RetrievedNovember 26,2019.
- ^"2021 Community Profiles".2021 Canadian census.Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022.Retrieved2022-04-27.
- ^"2016 Community Profiles".2016 Canadian census.Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021.Retrieved2019-11-26.
- ^"2011 Community Profiles".2011 Canadian census.Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019.Retrieved2014-01-31.
- ^"2006 Community Profiles".2006 Canadian census.Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^"2001 Community Profiles".2001 Canadian census.Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^abStatistics Canada:1996,2001,2006,2011,2016,2021census
- ^"Roussillon Regional County Municipality (Code 2467) Census Profile".2011 census.Government of Canada -Statistics Canada.
- ^Official Transport Quebec Road Map