Coaticook Regional County Municipality

Coaticook is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Coaticook.

Coaticook
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Coaticook
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Bernard Marion
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,354.70 km2 (523.05 sq mi)
• Land	1,339.80 km2 (517.30 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	18,497
• Density	13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.9%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcdecoaticook.qc.ca
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History

On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. Quebec's border with the states of Vermont and New Hampshire was established at 45 degrees north latitude.^[5][6]

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Coaticook Waterville

Municipalities (9) Barnston-Ouest Compton Dixville East Hereford Martinville Saint-Herménégilde Saint-Malo Saint-Venant-de-Paquette Stanstead-Est

Townships (1) Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton

Demographics

Mother tongue data from Canada 2016 Census^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	16,055	87.7%
English only	1,850	10.1%
Both English and French	185	1.0%
Other languages	215	1.2%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[7]

Autoroutes A-55

Principal Highways R-141 R-143 R-147

Secondary Highways R-206 R-208 R-251 R-253

External Routes VT 114 VT 141 VT 253

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec