Les Maskoutains | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Location in province of Quebec. |
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Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°WCoordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Hyacinthe |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Mme Francine Morin |
Area | |
• Total | 1,313.90 km2 (507.30 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,301.16 km2 (502.38 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 84,248 |
• Density | 64.7/km2 (168/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 4.4% |
• Dwellings | 38,387 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: