Beauharnois Salaberry Regional County Municipality

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Country Canada Effective January 1, 1982 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 523.1 km² Province Québec Team Valleyfield Braves		Region Montérégie County seat Beauharnois Area code(s) 450 and 579 Population 61,950 (2011) University Collège de Valleyfield

Points of interest Parc des îles Saint‑Timothée, MUSO, Parc Delpha‑Sauvé, Lake Saint‑Louis, Réserve nationale de faune

Beauharnois-Salaberry is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Beauharnois.

Map of Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada

History

The RCM was formed by combining historic Beauharnois County and another historic county.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2)

Beauharnois

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Municipalities (4)

Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois

Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka

Saint-Urbain-Premier

Sainte-Martine

Parishes (1)

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague

Access routes

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

Autoroutes

A-30

A-530

Principal Highways

Route 132

Route 138

Secondary Highways

Route 201

Route 203

Route 205

Route 207

Route 236

External Routes

None

Attractions

Beauharnois Canal

Beauharnois Hydroelectric Generating Station (Melocheville)

Deux-Rives Ecomuseum (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield)

Howick Airport (Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois)

Pointe-du-Bruisson Archaeological Park (Melocheville)

Valleyfield Airport (Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka)

Protected areas:

Îles-de-Paix National Fauna Reserve

Îles-de-Saint-Timothée Regional Park

References

Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality Wikipedia

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