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Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741.^[3] Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.

Lotbinière
Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W / 46.517; -71.600^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Sainte-Croix
Government ^[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Daniel Turcotte
Area ^[2]^[3]
• Total	1,687.00 km² (651.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,662.27 km² (641.81 sq mi)
Population (2016)^[3]
• Total	34 553
• Density	19.1/km² (49/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	7.2%
• Dwellings	14,642
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrclotbiniere.org

Subdivisions

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

Municipalities (14)

Parishes (3)

Villages (1)

Laurier-Station

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	27,425	—
2011	29,617	+8.0%
2016	31,741	+7.2%
^[4]^[3]

Language

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	30,845	98.2%
English only	230	0.7%
Both English and French	110	0.3%
Other languages	240	0.8%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

Autoroutes
- A-20 (TCH)

Principal Highways
- R-116
- R-132

Secondary Highways
- R-216
- R-218
- R-226
- R-269
- R-271
- R-273

External Routes
- None

See also

List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141061". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Lotbinière Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Census Profile, 2016 Census Lotbinière, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
^ "Lotbinière Regional County Municipality (Code 2433) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

(in French) Lotbinière Regional County

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