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Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Le Haut-Richelieu
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°12′N 73°14′W / 45.200°N 73.233°W / 45.200; -73.233Coordinates: 45°12′N 73°14′W / 45.200°N 73.233°W / 45.200; -73.233
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Gilles Dolbec
Area
 • Total 999.70 km2 (385.99 sq mi)
 • Land 936.26 km2 (361.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 114,344
 • Density 122.1/km2 (316/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 5.0%
 • Dwellings 50,665
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.mrchr.qc.ca

Le Haut-Richelieu (Upper Richelieu) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through it.

There are 14 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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