Lotbinière 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
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
region of
Quebec
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. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the
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. ...
, the RCM had a population of 31,741.
Its seat is in
Sainte-Croix.
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Municipalities (14)
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Dosquet
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Leclercville
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Lotbinière
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Saint-Agapit
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Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009.
Member of the Most Beautiful Villages o ...
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Saint-Apollinaire
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Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière
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Sainte-Croix
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Saint-Flavien
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Saint-Gilles
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Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
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Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,054 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Patrick, as ...
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Saint-Sylvestre
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Val-Alain
;Parishes (3)
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Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun
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Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
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Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,091 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after the Narcisse ...
;Villages (1)
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Laurier-Station
Demographics
Language
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. ...
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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* Principal Highways
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* External Routes
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See also
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References
External links
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Lotbinière Regional County
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lotbiniere Regional County Municipality
Quebec City Area