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Les Sources Regional County Municipality

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Country
  
Canada

Effective
  
January 1, 1982

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area
  
792.9 km²

Province
  
Québec

RCM
  
Estrie

Region
  
Estrie

County seat
  
Asbestos

Website
  
www.mrcdessources.com

Population
  
14,756 (2011)

Area code
  
819

Les Sources Regional County Municipality

Weather
  
-7°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 93% Humidity

Les Sources is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Asbestos. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality, and before August 1990 it was known as L'Or-Blanc regional county municipality (French: white gold).

Contents

The Asbestos Strike, a critical part of Quebec's labour history, occurred in the region.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:

Population

Population trend:

Language

Mother tongue (2011)

Access Routes

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

Attractions

  • Burbank Pond Natural Interpretation Centre (Danville)
  • Asbestos Musical Camp (Asbestos)
  • JM Asbestos Mine Visit (Asbestos)
  • The Little Happiness of Saint-Camille (Saint-Camille)
  • Mineralogical Museum, and Museum Mine History (Asbestos)
  • Mont-Ham full air Centre (Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud)
  • References

    Les Sources Regional County Municipality Wikipedia