Robert-Cliche is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality.
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Coordinates: 46°12′N 70°49′W / 46.200°N 70.817°WCoordinates: 46°12′N 70°49′W / 46.200°N 70.817°W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Beauceville |
Government [2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Jonathan V. Bolduc |
Area [2] [3] | |
• Total | 844.80 km2 (326.18 sq mi) |
• Land | 840.10 km2 (324.36 sq mi) |
Population (2016) [3] | |
• Total | 19,125 |
• Density | 22.8/km2 (59/sq mi) |
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• Dwellings | 8,698 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
Established in 1982 as the successor to Beauce County, Robert-Cliche is made up of ten municipalities and is mainly French-speaking. The territory is a mix of urban and rural. Beauceville, the county seat, is the most populated municipality.
It was named after Quebecois politician, writer, lawyer, and judge Robert Cliche. He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, one of Robert-Cliche's municipalities.
Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]
See also
References
- ^ Reference number 141042 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ a b c Geographic code 270 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Robert-Cliche, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère des Transports (30 May 2015). "Transports Québec : Québec 511 - Carte routière". gouv.qc.ca.
External links
- (in French) Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality