Les Moulins 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
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
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region of
Quebec
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, Canada.
It is located immediately north of
Laval
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People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
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* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
on the
north shore of the
Rivière des Mille-Îles
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* Rivière, Profondeville, a village
Canada
* La Rivière, Manitoba, a community
* Les Rivières (Quebec City), a borough
France
* La Rivière, Gironde ...
, and comprises the municipalities of
Terrebonne
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*Terrebonne, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal
**Terrebonne station, a commuter railway station in Terrebonne, Quebec
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and
Mascouche
Mascouche () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipaliti ...
. Historic communities in the region, which are now
arrondissement
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France
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s of the two existing cities, include
Lachenaie and
La Plaine.
The population according to the
2016 Canadian Census
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was 158,267
Subdivisions
There are 2 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
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Mascouche
Mascouche () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipaliti ...
*
Terrebonne
Terrebonne, meaning ''good earth'' in French, is a name of several places in North America:
;Canada
*Terrebonne, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal
**Terrebonne station, a commuter railway station in Terrebonne, Quebec
**Terrebonne City Council, the gov ...
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
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* Principal Highways
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* Secondary Highways
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* External Routes
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See also
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References
External links
MRC Les Moulins
Regional county municipalities in Lanaudière
Census divisions of Quebec
Terrebonne, Quebec
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