Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

Le Val-Saint-François (French pronunciation: [lə val sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond.

Le Val-Saint-François
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°34′N 72°01′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Richmond
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Claude Boucher
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,416.60 km2 (546.95 sq mi)
• Land	1,403.43 km2 (541.87 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	30,686
• Density	21.9/km2 (57/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.5%
• Dwellings	14,359
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.val-saint-francois.qc.ca

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Richmond Valcourt Windsor

Municipalities (10) Bonsecours Maricourt Racine Saint-Claude Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle Stoke Ulverton Val-Joli

Townships (3) Cleveland Melbourne Valcourt

Villages (2) Kingsbury Lawrenceville

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Le Val-Saint-François community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	31,551 (+2.8% from 2016)	30,686 (+3.5% from 2011)	29,654 (+2.2% from 2006)
Land area	1,401.56 km2 (541.15 sq mi)	1,403.43 km2 (541.87 sq mi)	1,403.96 km2 (542.07 sq mi)
Population density	22.5/km2 (58/sq mi)	21.9/km2 (57/sq mi)	21.1/km2 (55/sq mi)
Median age	45.2 (M: 44.8, F: 46.0)	44.8 (M: 44.1, F: 45.6)	44.1 (M: 43.3, F: 45.0)
Private dwellings	14,813 (total)  13,635 (occupied)	14,359 (total)	13,640 (total)
Median household income	$72,500	$60,791	$51,834

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

Historical Census Data - Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 32,304 —     1996 33,422 +3.5% 1996A 28,143 −15.8% 2001 28,176 +0.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2001A 28,383 +0.7% 2006 29,023 +2.3% 2011 29,654 +2.2% 2016 30,686 +3.5%
[7][3] (A) adjusted figure due to boundary changes.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Val-Saint-François 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		30,405		27,875	4.0%	91.68%		2,045	5.1%	6.73%		215	17.3%	0.71%		270	42.1%	0.89%
2011		29,405		26,800	3.6%	91.14%		2,155	10.2%	7.33%		260	1.9%	0.88%		190	26.9%	0.65%
2006		28,760		25,845	3.1%	89.86%		2,400	3.8%	8.34%		255	31.4%	0.89%		260	40.4%	0.90%
2001		27,695		25,055	16.2%	90.47%		2,310	10.8%	8.34%		175	32.7%	0.63%		155	19.4%	0.56%
1996		32,875		29,900	n/a	90.95%		2,590	n/a	7.88%		260	n/a	0.79%		125	n/a	0.38%

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-55

Principal Highways R-116 R-143

Secondary Highways R-216 R-220 R-222 R-243 R-249

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec