Matawinie 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 region of
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.
Geogr ...
in southwestern
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
,
Canada
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. Its seat is
Rawdon. The population according to the
2021 Canadian Census
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sl ...
was 55,500.
Subdivisions
There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Municipalities (14)
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Chertsey
Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in the ...
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Entrelacs
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Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci
Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Demographics Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 619 (total dwellings: 1206)
Lang ...
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Rawdon
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Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Demographics Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1529 (total dwellings: 2363)
La ...
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Sainte-Béatrix
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Saint-Côme
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Saint-Donat
Saint-Donat (; Auvergnat: ''Sent Donat'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department ...
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Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie
Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Geography
The territory of Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie extends along the Noire River valley in th ...
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Saint-Félix-de-Valois
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Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare
Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Etymology
The name Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare honors Saint Marcellina, a catholic saint who lived ...
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Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Saint-Michel-des-Saints is a municipality in the Matawinie Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Agriculture, forestry, recreation, and tourism have been the main activities found within this region.
History
In 1863, Thomas-Léandre B ...
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Saint-Zénon
;Parishes (1)
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Saint-Damien
;Unorganized Territory (12)
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Baie-Atibenne
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Baie-de-la-Bouteille
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Baie-Obaoca
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Lac-Cabasta
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Lac-des-Dix-Milles
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Lac-Devenyns
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Lac-du-Taureau
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Lac-Legendre
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Lac-Matawin
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Lac-Minaki
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Lac-Santé
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Saint-Guillaume-Nord
;First Nations reserve (1)
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Manawan
Demographics
Population
Language
French and
Atikamekw
The Atikamekw are the Indigenous inhabitants of the subnational country or territory they call ('Our Land'), in the upper Saint-Maurice River valley of Quebec (about north of Montreal), Canada. Their current population is around 8,000. One o ...
are the main languages.
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
Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
External links
Matawinie MRC - official website
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