Les Maskoutains () 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 the
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
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region in southwestern
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 seat is in
Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie regi ...
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The name comes from
Algonquin
Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:
Languages and peoples
*Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
**Algonquin la ...
word ''maskutew'' meaning "bear plain" in plular.
Subdivisions
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
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Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie regi ...
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Saint-Pie
;Municipalities (13)
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La Présentation
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Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Saint-Barnabé-Sud () is a municipality in southwestern Quebec in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 962. It is the birthplace of historian Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire.
Demog ...
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Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville
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Saint-Damase
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Saint-Dominique
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Saint-Hugues
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Saint-Jude
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Saint-Liboire
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Saint-Louis
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Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu
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Saint-Simon
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Saint-Valérien-de-Milton
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Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot
;Parishes (1)
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Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
;Villages (1)
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Sainte-Madeleine
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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* Secondary Highways
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* External Routes
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See also
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References
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Census divisions of Quebec