Country Canada Effective January 1, 1982 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Population 43,120 (2011) University Cégep de Thetford | Region Chaudière-Appalaches County seat Thetford Mines Province Québec Local time Wednesday 5:41 PM | |
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Cities
Disraeli
Thetford Mines
Municipalities
Adstock
Beaulac-Garthby
East Broughton
Irlande
Kinnear's Mills
Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce
Saint-Fortunat
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
Saint-Julien
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
Parishes
Disraeli
Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus
Sainte-Praxède
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Les Appalaches ((French) Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches) is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The county seat and largest city is Thetford Mines.
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Map of L'Amiante, QC, Canada
The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the Appalachian Mountains with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of asbestos mining in the region (amiante is French for "asbestos").
Subdivisions
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:
Population
(Statistics Canada, 2006)
Language
Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: