Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mékinac (French: [mekinak]) is a regional county municipality (RCM) of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of the Saint-Maurice. Located in the province of Quebec, Canada.
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Mékinac (RCM) | |
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Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°31′W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Tite |
Municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Alain Vallée |
Area | |
• Total | 5,554.90 km2 (2,144.76 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,222.10 km2 (2,016.26 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 12,358 |
• Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 4.4% |
• Dwellings | 8,324 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | Official web site |
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Established in January 1982, the Mékinac RCM is made up of 10 or 11 municipalities depending on the source, Saint-Tite is the most populous city, four unorganized territories occupying two-thirds of its surface area.[3][4]