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L'Érable Regional County Municipality

L'Érable
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°15′N 71°45′W / 46.250°N 71.750°W / 46.250; -71.750Coordinates: 46°15′N 71°45′W / 46.250°N 71.750°W / 46.250; -71.750
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 Increase 0.9%
 • Dwellings 10,721
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819
Website www.mrc-erable.qc.ca

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:




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