Joliette Regional County Municipality

Joliette (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt] ^ⓘ) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Joliette.

Joliette
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Joliette
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	André Hénault
Area [2][3]
• Total	424.20 km2 (163.78 sq mi)
• Land	417.41 km2 (161.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	71,124
• Density	170.4/km2 (441/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.9%
• Dwellings	33,812
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcjoliette.qc.ca

The municipality has a land area of 417.41 km². At the 2021 census it had a population of 71,124.^[3]

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & towns (4) Crabtree Joliette Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Saint-Charles-Borromée

Municipalities (5) Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Sainte-Mélanie Saint-Paul Saint-Thomas

Villages (1) Saint-Pierre

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

Autoroutes A-31

Principal highways R-131 R-158

Secondary highways R-343 R-346 R-348

External routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec