Les Sources Regional County Municipality

"les Sources" redirects here. For other uses, see La Source (disambiguation) and Source (disambiguation).

Les Sources (French pronunciation: [le suʁs]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Val-des-Sources. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality, and before August 1990 it was known as L'Or-Blanc regional county municipality (French: white gold).

Les Sources
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°44′N 71°48′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Val-des-Sources
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Hugues Grimard
Area [2][3]
• Total	792.90 km2 (306.14 sq mi)
• Land	787.13 km2 (303.91 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	14,286
• Density	18.1/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.2%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcdessources.com
[4]

The Asbestos strike, a critical part of Quebec's labour history, occurred in the region.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Danville Val-des-Sources

Municipalities (4) Ham-Sud Saint-Adrien Saint-Georges-de-Windsor Wotton

Townships (1) Saint-Camille

Demographics

Population

Population trend:^[5][3]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	14,286	3.2%
2011	14,756	2.0%
2006	14,466	0.5%
2001	14,535	3.1%
1996	15,005	2.4%
1991	15,381	N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	13,485	95.3%
English only	420	3.0%
English and French	90	0.6%
Other languages	150	1.1%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[6]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-116

Secondary Highways R-216 R-249 R-255 R-257

External Routes None

Attractions

• Burbank Pond Natural Interpretation Centre (Danville)
• Asbestos Musical Camp (Val-des-Sources)
• JM Asbestos Mine Visit (Val-des-Sources)
• The Little Happiness of Saint-Camille (Saint-Camille)
• Mineralogical Museum, and Museum Mine History (Val-des-Sources)
• Mont-Ham full air Centre (Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud)

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec