Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°WCoordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Alma |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | André Paradis |
Area | |
• Total | 2,917.10 km2 (1,126.30 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,781.44 km2 (1,073.92 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 52,520 |
• Density | 18.9/km2 (49/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 2.6% |
• Dwellings | 24,653 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Alma. In 2006 it was 99.5% French-speaking.
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: