D'Autray Regional County Municipality

D'Autray (French pronunciation: [dotʁɛ]) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Berthierville.

D'Autray
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°10′N 73°10′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Berthierville
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Gaétan Gravel
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,352.00 km2 (522.01 sq mi)
• Land	1,249.30 km2 (482.36 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	42,189
• Density	33.8/km2 (88/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.3%
• Dwellings	20,768
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcautray.com

The municipality has a land area of 1,249.30 km² and its population was 42,189 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census.^[3] Its largest community is the city of Lavaltrie.

Subdivisions

There are 15 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & towns (3) Berthierville Lavaltrie Saint-Gabriel

Municipalities (9) La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas Lanoraie Mandeville Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon Saint-Cuthbert Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola Sainte-Élisabeth Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier

Parishes (3) Saint-Barthélemy Saint-Didace Saint-Norbert

Demographics

Population

	2021	2016	2011
Population	44,080 (+4.5% from 2016)	42,189 (+1.3% from 2011)	41,650 (+3.3% from 2006)
Land area	1,234.67 km2 (476.71 sq mi)	1,249.3 km2 (482.4 sq mi)	1,247.55 km2 (481.68 sq mi)
Population density	35.7/km2 (92/sq mi)	33.8/km2 (88/sq mi)	33.4/km2 (87/sq mi)
Median age	47.6 (M: 46.8, F: 48.0)	47.0 (M: 46.4, F: 47.5)	45.1 (M: 44.5, F: 45.6)
Private dwellings	21,395 (total)  19,555 (occupied)	20,768 (total)	19,924 (total)
Median household income	$67,000	$55,057	$49,313

Canada census – D'Autray community profile

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[5] 2011^[6]

Historical census data - D'Autray Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 32,979 —     1996 37,553 +13.9% 2001 38,347 +2.1% 2001A 38,431 +0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 40,321 +4.9% 2011 41,650 +3.3% 2016 42,189 +1.3%
[7][3] (A) adjusted figure due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census mother tongue - D'Autray Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		41,705		40,525	0.9%	97.2%		415	2.4%	1.0%		175	5.4%	0.4%		590	45.7%	1.4%
2011		41,190		40,175	4.1%	97.5%		425	12.4%	1.0%		185	131.2%	0.5%		405	36.2%	1.0%
2006		39,800		38,600	5.6%	96.98%		485	2.0%	1.22%		80	56.8%	0.20%		635	81.4%	1.60%
2001		37,585		36,555	1.0%	97.26%		495	76.8%	1.32%		185	37.0%	0.49%		350	62.8%	0.93%
1996		36,840		36,210	n/a	98.29%		280	n/a	0.76%		135	n/a	0.37%		215	n/a	0.58%

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[8]

Autoroutes A-31 A-40

Principal highways R-131 R-138 R-158

Secondary highways R-345 R-347 R-348

External routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec