Desjardins Regional County Municipality

Desjardins was a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. Desjardins ceased to exist when most of it, along with most of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM, amalgamated into the expanded city of Lévis on January 1, 2002.

Desjardins
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°45′N 71°07′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1982[1]
Dissolved	December 31, 2001
County seat	Lévis
Government
• Type	Prefecture
Area [1][2]
• Total	255 km2 (98 sq mi)
• Land	256.44 km2 (99.01 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2001)[2]
• Total	51,855
• Density	202.2/km2 (524/sq mi)
• Change (1996–2001)	1.2%
• Dwellings	22,663
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	418

Subdivisions

Desjardins RCM consisted of:

• Lévis (in its pre-amalgamation borders)
• Pintendre
• Saint-Henri
• Saint-Joseph-de-Lévy

Dissolution

When Desjardins RCM was dissolved, nearly all of its components amalgamated into the newly expanded Lévis:

• Lévis, Pintendre, Saint-Joseph-de-Lévy amalgamated into the newly expanded Lévis and comprised the Desjardins borough of that city.
• Saint-Henri remained independent and joined Bellechasse Regional County Municipality.

See also

• Municipal history of Quebec
• Desjardins (disambiguation)

External links

• "Aperçu sur la pauvreté: MRC Desjardins" (PDF) (in French). January 2000. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141106". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "2001 Census profile: Desjardins".