Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality

Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the Maine border, southeast of Quebec City.

Les Etchemins
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°21′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Lac-Etchemin
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Hector Provençal
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,819.40 km2 (702.47 sq mi)
• Land	1,810.05 km2 (698.86 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	16,536
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.2%
• Dwellings	8,764
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcetchemins.qc.ca

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Municipalities (10) Lac-Etchemin Saint-Benjamin Sainte-Aurélie Sainte-Justine Sainte-Rose-de-Watford Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse Saint-Magloire Saint-Prosper Saint-Zacharie

Parishes (3) Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Sainte-Sabine

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[4]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways None

Secondary Highways R-204 R-275 R-277 R-281

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec