Les Appalaches () is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , 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 regional municipality. Regional county municipalit ...

(RCM) in the

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

region in southeastern

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, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of

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, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The county seat and largest city is

Thetford Mines Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Mo ...

. The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the

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with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of

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mining in the region (''amiante'' is French for "asbestos").

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) *

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;Municipalities (13) *

Adstock ''For the municipality in Quebec, see Adstock, Quebec'' Adstock is a village and civil parish about northwest of Winslow and southeast of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The 2001 Census recorded a parish popul ...

* Beaulac-Garthby *

East Broughton East Broughton is a municipality located in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,248 as of 2021. It was named following its location in the geographic township of ...

* Irlande * Kinnear's Mills * Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande *

Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce () is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 569 as of 2021. It was named after Clotilde, ...

* Saint-Fortunat * Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds * Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf *

Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine () is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,018 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Joseph, fat ...

* Saint-Julien *

Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. I ...

;Parishes (4) *

Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus () is a parish municipality located in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 536 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The municipality of East B ...

* Sainte-Praxède *

Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after one of J ...

Demographics

Language

Mother tongue from

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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
/ref> * Autoroutes ** None * Principal Highways ** ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** ** * External Routes ** None

Attractions

* Chemins Craig and Gosford Historic Route * Serpentine-de-Coleraine Ecological Reserve (Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine) * Frontenac National Park (Adstock) * Heritage Kinnear's Mills (Kinnear's Mills) * Mount Adstock (Adstock) * Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines (Thetford Mines) * Thetford Mines Bike Path (Thetford Mines)

References

Commission de toponymie du Québec

{{DEFAULTSORT:Les Appalaches Regional county municipalities in Chaudière-Appalaches Census divisions of Quebec