Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality (Upper Richelieu) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through it.
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Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 45°12′N 73°14′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Gilles Dolbec |
Area | |
• Total | 999.70 km2 (385.99 sq mi) |
• Land | 936.02 km2 (361.40 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 117,443 |
• Density | 125.5/km2 (325/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 2.7% |
• Dwellings | 52,461 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
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