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Le Haut Saint Laurent Regional County Municipality

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Country
  
Canada

Effective
  
January 1, 1982

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area
  
1,242 km²

Province
  
Québec

Region
  
Montérégie

County seat
  
Huntingdon

Area code(s)
  
450 and 579

Population
  
21,197 (2011)

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Destinations
  
Ormstown, Saint‑Anicet, Franklin, Huntingdon, Saint‑Chrysostome

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon and it is named for the Saint Lawrence River which forms its western and northwestern boundary.

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Map of Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada

History

The RCM was formed on 1 January 1982 from most of historic Huntingdon County.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (1)
  • Huntingdon
  • Municipalities (8)
  • Elgin
  • Franklin
  • Hinchinbrooke
  • Howick
  • Ormstown
  • Saint-Anicet
  • Saint-Chrysostome
  • Sainte-Barbe
  • Parishes (1)
  • Très-Saint-Sacrement
  • Townships (3)
  • Dundee
  • Godmanchester
  • Havelock
  • Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM)
  • Akwesasne
  • Access Routes

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

  • Autoroutes
  • None
  • Principal Highways
  • Route 132
  • Route 138
  • Secondary Highways
  • Route 201
  • Route 202
  • Route 203
  • Route 209
  • External Routes
  • NY 30
  • NY 189
  • NY 374
  • References

    Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality Wikipedia