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Coaticook Regional County Municipality

Coaticook
Regional county municipality
Quebec MRC Coaticook location map.svg
Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Coaticook
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Réjean Masson
Area
 • Total 1,354.70 km2 (523.05 sq mi)
 • Land 1,338.98 km2 (516.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 18,847
 • Density 14.1/km2 (37/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.1%
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819
Website www.mrcdecoaticook.qc.ca

Coaticook is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Coaticook.

On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. Quebec's border with the states of Vermont and New Hampshire was established at 45 degrees north latitude.

There are 12 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:




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