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Roussillon Regional County Municipality

Roussillon
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°W / 45.367; -73.567Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°W / 45.367; -73.567
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Effective January 1, 1982
Named for Régiment Royal Roussillon
County seat Saint-Constant
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Nathalie Simon
Area
 • Total 403.60 km2 (155.83 sq mi)
 • Land 423.24 km2 (163.41 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)
 • Total 162,187
 • Density 383.2/km2 (992/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Increase8.1%
  Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.mrcroussillon.qc.ca

Roussillon is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 162,187 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve 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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