L'Islet Regional County Municipality

L'Islet
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°06′N 69°59′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Réal Laverdière
Area
• Total	2,448.50 km2 (945.37 sq mi)
• Land	2,100.02 km2 (810.82 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	17,798
• Density	8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.9%
• Dwellings	9,924
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrclislet.com

L'Islet (French pronunciation: [lilɛ]) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.

Geography

Adjacent counties and municipalities

• Kamouraska Regional County Municipality – northeast
• Aroostook County, Maine – southeast
• Montmagny Regional County Municipality – southwest
• Charlevoix Regional County Municipality – northwest

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (1)

• Saint-Pamphile

Municipalities (11)

• L'Islet
• Saint-Adalbert
• Saint-Aubert
• Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet
• Sainte-Félicité
• Sainte-Perpétue
• Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
• Saint-Marcel
• Saint-Omer
• Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
• Tourville

Parishes (2)

• Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard
• Sainte-Louise

Transportation

Access Routes

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

• Autoroutes
  • A-20 (TCH)

• Principal Highways
  • R-132

• Secondary Highways
  • R-204
  • R-216
  • R-285

• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

External links

• (in French) L'Islet Regional County Municipality