Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
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Les Maskoutains | |
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Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Hyacinthe |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Mme Francine Morin |
Area | |
• Total | 1,313.90 km2 (507.30 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,302.90 km2 (503.05 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 87,099 |
• Density | 66.9/km2 (173/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 3.4% |
• Dwellings | 40,244 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
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The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.