La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality
La Rivière-du-Nord | |
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| Coordinates: 45°49′N 74°01′W / 45.817°N 74.017°W[1] | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Laurentides |
| Effective | January 1, 1983 |
| County seat | Saint-Jérôme |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Yvon Brière |
| Area | |
• Total | 466.10 km2 (179.96 sq mi) |
| • Land | 451.02 km2 (174.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 128,170 |
| • Density | 284.2/km2 (736/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 | |
| • Dwellings | 58,580 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Website | mrcrdn |
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La Rivière-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [la ʁivjɛʁ dy nɔʁ]; The Rivière-du-Nord or The River of the North) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Jérôme. It is named for the river that runs through it, the Rivière du Nord.
Its population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 128,170.[3]
Subdivisions
There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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| Census | Total | French | English | French & English | Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 | 126,525 | 119,570 | 94.5% | 2,400 | 1.89% | 935 | 0.74% | 3,215 | 2.54% | |||||||||
2011 | 114,230 | 108,350 | 94.85% | 2,385 | 2.09% | 785 | 0.69% | 2,415 | 2.11% | |||||||||
2006 | 100.205 | 95,340 | 95,14% | 2,055 | 2.05% | 540 | 0.53% | 2,270 | 2.26% | |||||||||
2001 | 88,750 | 85,235 | 96% | 1,785 | 2.01% | 545 | 0.61% | 1,180 | 1,33% | |||||||||
1996 | 82,540 | 78,965 | n/a | 95,67% | 1,830 | n/a | 2.21% | 775 | n/a | 0.93% | 900 | n/a | 1.09% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
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See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141088". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 750". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Rivière-du-Nord, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality (Code 2475) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
