Lotbinière | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°WCoordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Sainte-Croix |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Maurice Sénécal |
Area | |
• Total | 1,687.00 km2 (651.35 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,661.99 km2 (641.70 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 29,617 |
• Density | 17.8/km2 (46/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 8.0% |
• Dwellings | 13,321 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the Canada 2011 Census, the RCM had a population of 29,617. Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.
There are 18 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: