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L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec

L'Assomption
Regional county municipality
Location of L'Assomption
Coordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W / 45.800°N 73.433°W / 45.800; -73.433Coordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W / 45.800°N 73.433°W / 45.800; -73.433
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Lanaudière
Effective January 1, 1983
County seat L'Assomption
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Chantal Deschamps
Area
 • Total 285.40 km2 (110.19 sq mi)
 • Land 255.71 km2 (98.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 119,840
 • Density 468.7/km2 (1,214/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Increase 9.3%
 • Dwellings 49,153
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.mrclassomption.qc.ca

L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.

It is named for the L'Assomption River which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.

There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:

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




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