Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°33′N 75°52′W / 45.550°N 75.867°W / 45.550; -75.867Coordinates: 45°33′N 75°52′W / 45.550°N 75.867°W / 45.550; -75.867[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Outaouais
Effective December 4, 1991
County seat Chelsea
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Robert Bussière
Area[2][3]
 • Total 2,199.30 km2 (849.15 sq mi)
 • Land 2,048.24 km2 (790.83 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 46,393
 • Density 22.7/km2 (59/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 10.4%
 • Dwellings 22,056
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819
Website www.mrcdescollines
deloutaouais.qc.ca
RCM Office in Chelsea

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (French for "The hills of the Outaouais") is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau which is to the south. Its administrative seat is in Chelsea, Quebec.

It was created in January 1991 when the Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Regional Community) was split into Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and the Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community, now City of Gatineau). The region is home to the majority of Gatineau Park. It is bisected by the Gatineau River which flows from north to south. The Ottawa River forms the southwestern boundary.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Transportation

Access Routes

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

  • External Routes
    • None

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 269051 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 820 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2482) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM
Pontiac RCM Papineau RCM
   Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM  
Ottawa River
Ontario Ottawa, Ontario		 Gatineau TE


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