L'Érable (''Maple'') is a
regional county municipality in the
Centre-du-Québec region of
Quebec
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, Canada. Named for its
maple
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tree
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s, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of
Quebec City
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. Its seat is
Plessisville.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
*
Plessisville
*
Princeville
;Municipalities (6)
*
Inverness
*
Laurierville
*
Lyster
*
Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax
*
Saint-Ferdinand
*
Villeroy
;Parishes (3)
*
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
*
Plessisville
*
Saint-Pierre-Baptiste
Demographics
Mother tongue from
2016 Canadian Census
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
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* Autoroutes
** None
* Principal Highways
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* Secondary Highways
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* External Routes
** None
See also
* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:L'Erable Regional County Municipality
Census divisions of Quebec