Amherst, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Amherst is a village and township
municipality in the Canadian
province of Quebec
, located within Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality
.
The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.
Private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 669 (total: 1354)
Mother tongue:
Township (Canada)
The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...
municipality in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of 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....
, located within Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality
Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Laurentides is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentides region. The seat is in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré and it is named after the Laurentian Mountains...
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The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 1421 (2001 to 2006 population change: 17.1 %)
- Population in 2001: 1214
- Population in 1996: 1145 (or 1169 when adjusted for 2001 boundaries)
- Population in 1991: 883
Private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 669 (total: 1354)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.7 %
- French as first language: 97.2 %
- English and French as first language: 0 %
- Other as first language: 2.1 %