L'Assomption Regional County Municipality
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| L'Assomption | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
| Location of L'Assomption | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| Effective | January 1, 1983 |
| County seat | L'Assomption |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Chantal Deschamps |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 285.40 km2 (110.19 sq mi) |
| • Land | 255.71 km2 (98.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 119,840 |
| • Density | 468.7/km2 (1,214/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |  9.3% |
| • Dwellings | 49,153 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.
It is named for the L'Assomption River which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.
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Subdivisions
There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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2011
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118,285
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111,225 | 7.3% |
94.03% | 1,630 | 21.6% |
1.38% | 660 | 97.0% |
0.56% | 4,770 | 38.7% |
4.03% | |||||
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2006
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108,815
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103,700 | 3.3% |
95.30% | 1,340 | 21.3% |
1.23% | 335 | 42.6% |
0.31% | 3,440 | 135.6% |
3.16% | |||||
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2001
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103,200
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100,400 | 2.4% |
97.29% | 1,105 |  22.7% |
1.07% | 235 | 30.9% |
0.23% | 1,460 | 9.8% |
1.41% | |||||
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1996
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101,190
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98,090 | n/a | 96.94% | 1,430 | n/a | 1.41% | 340 | n/a | 0.34% | 1,330 | n/a | 1.31% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141087 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 600 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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