Acton Regional County Municipality is located in Central Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. The Regional County Municipality Seat is Acton Vale

Acton Vale, Quebec

Acton Vale is an industrial town in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Acton and is in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,797...

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Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 27.4 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.

Communities

The Acton Regional County Municipality uses the term "municipalité" (municipality) for each of its eight members. The original terms "town", "village", "canton", and "parish" are still commonly used. Sometimes, unofficially, the word "town" or "village" may be used to describe the built-up area within the municipality.

• Cities & Towns
  • Acton Vale
    Acton Vale, Quebec
    Acton Vale is an industrial town in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Acton and is in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,797...
    
    

• Municipalities
  • Béthanie
    Béthanie, Quebec
    Béthanie is a municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 331.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language ...
    
    
  • Upton
    Upton, Quebec
    Upton is a municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,954.-Population:Population trend...
    
    

• Parish municipalities
  • Sainte-Christine
    Sainte-Christine, Quebec
    Sainte-Christine is a parish municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was incorrectly recorded as 560, but amended in 2009 to its proper figure of 773....
    
    
  • Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton
    Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec
    Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton is a parish municipality in central Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Acton. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 832.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language ...
    
    
  • Saint-Théodore-d'Acton
    Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Quebec
    Saint-Théodore-d’Acton is a parish municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,494....
    
    

• Township municipalities
  • Roxton Canton
    Roxton, Quebec
    Roxton is a township in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,016. Roxton entirely surrounds the village of Roxton Falls...
    
    

• Village municipalities
  • Roxton Falls
    Roxton Falls, Quebec
    Roxton Falls is a municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,305. It is a village surrounded entirely by the township of Roxton...
    
    

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	14,475	96.53%
English only	145	0.97%
Both English and French	95	0.63%
Other languages	280	1.87%

Access Routes

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

• Autoroutes

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• Principal Highways

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• External Routes:
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Bordering counties

External links

Official Web Site of Acton Regional County Municipality