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Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a
regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...
located in the
Centre-du-Québec Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du- ...
region of
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. Its seat is
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 ...
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Subdivisions

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Daveluyville *
Kingsey Falls Kingsey Falls, Quebec is a town in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada, with a population of 1,946 at the 2016 census. It is 30 km east of Drummondville and west of Route 116. One of the largest employers in the community is Cascades, whic ...
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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 ...
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;Municipalities (14) * Chesterville * Maddington Falls * Notre-Dame-de-Ham * Saint-Albert * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick * Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick * Saint-Samuel * Saint-Valère * Tingwick ;Parishes (4) *
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-Séraphine * Saint-Rosaire *
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;Townships (1) *
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Demographics

Mother tongue from
2016 Canadian Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...


Attractions

* Cinq-Chicots School of the Row (Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska) * LaPierre Mill (Norbertville) * Laurier Museum (Victoriaville) * Marie-Victorin Park (Kingsey Falls) * Postes Pavilion Hotel (Victoriaville) * Rivière Nicolet Trout Fishing Post (Notre-Dame-de-Ham) * Saint-Michel Mountain (Victoriaville) * St-Médard Church (1874) (Warwick)


Transportation


Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** ** * Principal Highways ** ** ** ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** ** * External Routes ** None


See also

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List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec This is a list of the regional county municipalities (RCM or MRC) and equivalent territories (TE) in the province of Quebec, Canada. They are given along with their geographical codes as specified by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions ...


References


External links


Arthabaska RCM

Répertoire des municipalités: Centre-du-Québec
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