Bécancour Regional County Municipality

Bécancour is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Bécancour.[2]

Bécancour
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°19′N 72°11′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatBécancour
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectPoste vacant
Area
 • Total1,231.30 km2 (475.41 sq mi)
 • Land1,144.67 km2 (441.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total20,404
 • Density17.8/km2 (46/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 1.6%
 • Dwellings
9,947
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)819
[4]

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 19,550 97.9%
English only 155 0.8%
Both English and French 65 0.3%
Other languages 205 1.0%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

See also

References
  1. Reference number 141117 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 380 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Bécancour, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. "(Code 2438) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map



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