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Acton Regional County Municipality

Acton
Regional county municipality
Location of Acton
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
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 Increase 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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