Arthabaska County (, ) is an historical county founded in 1855 in central

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada. Its county seat was Arthabaska and the main city was

Victoriaville Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of ...

. It was bounded on the northeast by Mégantic County on the southeast Wolfe County, on the southwest by Drummond County and Richmond County and on the northwest by Nicolet County. It was formed from the townships of Warwick, Standold, Arthabaska, Chester-Est, Chester-Ouest and Tingwick, as well as part of the townships of Maddington, Blandford, Horton, Bulstrode, Simpson, and Aston. In the early 1980s Quebec's counties were abolished and most of Arthabaska County became the

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality Arthabaska Regional County Municipality () is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville. Subdivisions There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Daveluyvi ...

. The northeastern part of the county was transferred to L'Érable Regional County Municipality. The name of the county comes from the name of the township of Arthabaska, itself originating from the

Cree language Cree ( ; also known as Cree–Montagnais language, Montagnais–Naskapi language, Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 86,475 people across Canada in 2021, from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to ...

, in which it means "''where there are reeds''".

Municipalities within the county

*Arthabaska (fusioned with

in 1994) *Chénier (fusioned with Tingwick in 1981) *Chester-Est (renamed Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester in 2008) *Chester-Nord (fusioned with Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska in 1994) *Chester-Ouest (fusioned with Chesterville in 1982) *Chesterville * Daveluyville * Maddington Falls * Princeville *Parish of Princeville, named Saint-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold until 1969, fusioned with Princeville in 2000 * Saint-Albert * Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska * Sainte-Anne-du-Sault (merged with Daveluyville in 2016) * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick * Sainte-Séraphine *Sainte-Victoire-d'Arthabaska (fusioned with Victoriaville in 1994) * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick * Saint-Samuel * Saint-Valérien * Tingwick *Victoriaville *

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

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Former counties of Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1983 {{quebec-geo-stub