L'Islet Regional County Municipality

Location in Quebec, Canada

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°06′N 69°59′W / 47.100°N 69.983°W / 47.100; -69.983^[1]Country

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatSaint-Jean-Port-JoliGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectRéal LaverdièreArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total2,448.50 km² (945.37 sq mi) • Land2,100.02 km² (810.82 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total17,798 • Density8.5/km² (22/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

3.9% • Dwellings

9,924Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code(s)418 and 581Websitewww.mrclislet.com

L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.

Geography

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141063". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 170". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: L'Islet, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map