Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon. It is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which forms its western and its northwestern boundaries.
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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | |
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Coordinates: 45.08°N 74.17°W / 45.08; -74.17[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Huntingdon |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Alain Castagner |
Area | |
• Total | 1,242.20 km2 (479.62 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,173.51 km2 (453.09 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 22,454 |
• Density | 19.1/km2 (49/sq mi) |
• Change 2011–2016 | 5.9% |
• Dwellings | 12,016 |
Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
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