Les Moulins Regional County Municipality

Les Moulins (French pronunciation: [le mulɛ̃]) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.

Les Moulins
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°45′N 73°36′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Terrebonne
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Guillaume Tremblay
Area [2][3]
• Total	266.30 km2 (102.82 sq mi)
• Land	261.13 km2 (100.82 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	158,267
• Density	606.1/km2 (1,570/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	6.4%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	450 and 579
Website	www.mrclesmoulins.ca
[4]

It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouche. Historic communities in the region, which are now arrondissements of the two existing cities, include Lachenaie and La Plaine.

The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 158,267^[3]

Subdivisions

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

Cities & Towns (2)

• Mascouche
• Terrebonne

Former municipalities (2)

• La Plaine
• Lachenaie

(Both are now sectors of Terrebonne)

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Demographics

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les moulins, Quebec[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		169,125		144,745	3.32%	85.58%		4,260	18.67%	2.58%		2,000	85.18%	1.1%		14,935	38.73%	8.83%
2016		157,510		140,095	3.37%	88.94%		3,590	12%	2.28%		1,080	11.92%	0.68%		10,765	41.1%	6.83%
2011		148,310		135,520	13.49%	91.2%		3,205	13.45%	2.16%		965	72.32%	0.66%		7,630	46.59%	5.14%

Autoroutes A-25 A-40 A-640

Principal Highways R-125

Secondary Highways R-335 R-337 R-344

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec