Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality

Nicolet-Yamaska
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°04′N 72°50′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Nicolet
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Alain Drouin
Area
• Total	1,182.20 km2 (456.45 sq mi)
• Land	1,007.09 km2 (388.84 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	23,159
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.6%
• Dwellings	11,045
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcnicolet- yamaska.qc.ca

Nicolet-Yamaska (French pronunciation: [nikɔlɛ(t) jamaska]) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is Nicolet.

Subdivisions

There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (1)

• Nicolet

Municipalities (11)

• Aston-Jonction
• Baie-du-Febvre
• Grand-Saint-Esprit
• La Visitation-de-Yamaska
• Pierreville
• Saint-Célestin
• Saint-François-du-Lac
• Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
• Saint-Wenceslas
• Sainte-Eulalie
• Sainte-Monique

Parishes (3)

• Saint-Elphège
• Sainte-Perpétue
• Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval

Villages (1)

• Saint-Célestin

First Nations Reserve (1)

(not associated with RCM)

• Odanak

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	22,015	97.5%
English only	210	0.9%
Both English and French	70	0.3%
Other languages	285	1.3%

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)
  • A-55

• Principal Highways
  • R-132
  • R-143
  • R-155
  • R-161

• Secondary Highways
  • R-226
  • R-255
  • R-259

• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

External links

• Nicolet-Yamaska RCM official web portal