L'Érable | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Location in province of Quebec. |
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Coordinates: 46°15′N 71°45′W / 46.250°N 71.750°WCoordinates: 46°15′N 71°45′W / 46.250°N 71.750°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Plessisville |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Sylvain Labrecque |
Area | |
• Total | 1,300.70 km2 (502.20 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,286.81 km2 (496.84 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 23,366 |
• Density | 18.2/km2 (47/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 0.9% |
• Dwellings | 10,721 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Website | www |
L'Érable (Maple) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City. Its seat is Plessisville.
There are 11 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: