L'Île-d'Orléans () 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 ...
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, in the
Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is
Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the
2016 census was 7,082 people.
The RCM consists solely of the
Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans (; ) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians c ...
, an island in the
Saint Lawrence River just east of
Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...
. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of land area (though not in total area including water).
Subdivisions
There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Municipalities (5)
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Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
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Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
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Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
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Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans (, ) is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality. It is situated on the south side of Île d'Orléans, Orléans Island. Prior ...
*
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
;Villages (1)
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Sainte-Pétronille
Demographics
Population
Language
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
** None
* Principal Highways
** None
* Secondary Highways
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* External Routes
** None
See also
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References
External links
MRC de l'Île d'Orléans official website
Carte cadastrale - Surveyor's map, A.D. 1709
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