Brome-Missisquoi 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 ...

in the

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region of

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, Canada. It lies in the

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area. The seat is

Cowansville Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234. In recent yea ...

. In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie. In Parliament it is covered by the

Brome—Missisquoi Brome—Missisquoi (formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 19 ...

federal electoral district.

History

In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic Brome and Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of

Bromont Bromont is a city in southern Quebec, Canada, at the base of Mont Brome; it is in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. The Bromont area and its resort, Ski Bromont, is well known as a tourist destination for its downhill skiing, m ...

moved from

La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality La Haute-Yamaska (meaning ''The Upper Yamaska'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Granby, Quebec, Granby. It is named for its position at the height of the Yamaska River, which cuts through its ...

to Brome-Missisquoi.

Subdivisions

There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (7) *

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* Dunham *

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Lac-Brome The Town of Brome Lake (officially Ville de Lac-Brome) is a town in southern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,609. Tourism is a major industry in the village of Knowlton because of skiing in the winter, lake activ ...

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;Municipalities (11) *

Bolton-Ouest West Bolton (officially Bolton-Ouest) is a municipality located in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality of the Estrie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 732. Demographics Populat ...

* Brigham * East Farnham *

Frelighsburg Frelighsburg is a municipality in the Estrie region of southern Quebec, Canada, on the border with Vermont. It is at the foot of Mount Pinnacle, part of the Appalachian Mountains. Administratively, it is within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional Coun ...

* Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge * Pike River * Saint-Armand * Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge *

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* Stanbridge East * Stanbridge Station ;Townships (1) *

;Villages (2) *

Abercorn Abercorn (Gaelic: ''Obar Chùirnidh'', Old English: ''Æbbercurnig'') is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around west of South Queensferry. The parish had a p ...

* Brome

Demographics

Population

Language

Highways

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 ** ** (planned) * Principal Highways ** ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * External Routes ** ** **

References

External links

Official site

Official MRC site

Tourism website of Brome-Missisquoi

Cultural website of Brome-Missisquoi

The Wine Route of Brome-Missisquoi

Statistics Canada

{{Authority control Census divisions of Quebec