Le Granit Regional County Municipality

Le Granit
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°35′N 70°53′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Lac-Mégantic
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Monique Pherivong Lenoir
Area [2][3]
• Total	2,831.80 km^2 (1,093.36 sq mi)
• Land	2,735.21 km^2 (1,056.07 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	21,462
• Density	7.8/km^2 (20/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.4%
• Dwellings	12,478
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcgranit.qc.ca

Le Granit (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁanit], lit. 'The Granite') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. It is named for its abundance of granite. Created in 1982, Le Granit's seat is Lac-Mégantic.

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1) Lac-Mégantic

Municipalities (15) Audet Frontenac Lac-Drolet Lambton Milan Nantes Notre-Dame-des-Bois Piopolis Saint-Ludger Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Saint-Romain Saint-Sébastien Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton Stornoway Val-Racine

Parishes (1) Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn

Townships (2) Marston Stratford

Demographics

Population Population trend:[4][5][3] Census Population Change (%) 2016 21,462 3.4% 2011 revised 22,210 0.2% 2011 22,259 0.4% 2006 22,342 2.3% 2001 21,830 2.6% 1996 21,287 1.4% 1991 20,993 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[3] Language Population Pct (%) French only 20,720 97.7% English only 245 1.2% English and French 85 0.4% Other languages 155 0.7%

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[6]

Autoroutes None

Principal highways R-108 R-161

Secondary highways R-204 R-212 R-214 R-263

External routes SR 27

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141079". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Granit Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Granit, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec
6. Official Transport Quebec Road Map