Acton Regional County Municipality

Acton
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°39′N 72°34′W / 45.650°N 72.567°W / 45.650; -72.567Coordinates: 45°39′N 72°34′W / 45.650°N 72.567°W / 45.650; -72.567
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Acton Vale
Communities	List City Acton Vale   Municipalities Béthanie Saint-Théodore-d'Acton Upton   Parishes Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton Sainte-Christine   Townships Roxton Canton   Villages Roxton Falls
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jean-Marie Laplante
Area
• Total	583.00 km2 (225.10 sq mi)
• Land	580.73 km2 (224.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	15,381
• Density	26.5/km2 (69/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.6%
• Dwellings	6,806
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcacton.qc.ca

Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.

Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26.5 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.

There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

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

La Campagnarde Trail

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