Arthabaska County is an historical county founded in 1855 in central

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, Canada. Its county seat was Arthabaska and the main city was

Victoriaville Victoriaville is a town in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabask ...

. It was bounded on the northeast by Mégantic County on the southeast Wolfe County, on the southwest by Drummond County and Richmond County and on the northwest by Nicolet County. It was formed from the

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

of Warwick, Standold, Arthabaska, Chester-Est, Chester-Ouest and Tingwick, as well as part of the townships of Maddington, Blandford, Horton, Bulstrode, Simpson, and Aston. In the early 1980s Quebec's counties were abolished and most of Arthabaska County became the

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville. Subdivisions There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Daveluyville ...

. The northeastern part of the county was transferred to

L'Érable Regional County Municipality L'Érable (''Maple'') is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: ...

. The name of the county comes from the name of the township of Arthabaska, itself originating from the

Cree language Cree (also known as Cree– Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to Labrador. If considered one language, it is th ...

, in which it means "''where there are reeds''".

Municipalities within the county

*Arthabaska (fusioned with

in 1994) *Chénier (fusioned with

Tingwick Tingwick is a Canadian municipality of Quebec established in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Geography The Municipality of Tingwick is located within the township of Tingwick in the Eastern Townships. There are 2 rivers: Rivièr ...

in 1981) *Chester-Est (renamed Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester in 2008) *Chester-Nord (fusioned with Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska in 1994) *Chester-Ouest (fusioned with Chesterville in 1982) *Chesterville * Daveluyville * Maddington Falls * Princeville *Parish of Princeville, named Saint-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold until 1969, fusioned with Princeville in 2000 * Saint-Albert *

Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska is a parish municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique ...

Sainte-Anne-du-Sault Sainte-Anne-du-Sault is a former municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. It is merged to Daveluyville Daveluyville () is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of the Canadian province of Quebec. It was founded ...

(merged with Daveluyville in 2016) * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick * Sainte-Séraphine *Sainte-Victoire-d'Arthabaska (fusioned with Victoriaville in 1994) * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick * Saint-Samuel * Saint-Valérien *

*Victoriaville *

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

References

Former counties of Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1983 {{quebec-geo-stub