Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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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...
. Montmagny
Montmagny, Quebec
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is the seat.
This area was named after Charles de Montmagny
Charles de Montmagny
Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He succeeded Champlain, who was Lieutenant General of New France, although treated de facto as if he were governor...
, the second governor of New France
Governor of New France
The Governor of New France was the viceroy of the King of France in North America. A French noble, he was appointed to govern the colonies of New France, which included Canada, Acadia and Louisiana. The residence of the Governor was at the Château St-Louis in the capital of Quebec City...
.
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
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Census:
- Population: 23,438
- % Change (1996-2001): -1.5
- Dwellings: 10,617
- Area (km²): 1,697.20 km²
- Density (persons per km²): 13.8
Municipalities
- Berthier-sur-MerBerthier-sur-Mer, QuebecBerthier-sur-Mer is a town in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, east of Quebec City on Route 132....
- Cap-Saint-IgnaceCap-Saint-Ignace, QuebecCap-Saint-Ignace is a town in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada...
- Lac-FrontièreLac-Frontière, QuebecLac-Frontière is a tiny village of 150 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is located at the border with the United States....
- Notre-Dame-du-RosaireNotre-Dame-du-Rosaire, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Rosaire is a small village of 400 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, 20km south of Montmagny on Route 283....
- Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-SudSainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, QuebecSainte-Euphémie is a small village of 350 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec....
- Sainte-Lucie-de-BeauregardSainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, QuebecSainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard is a municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-SudSaint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, QuebecSaint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud is a municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-Just-de-BretenièresSaint-Just-de-Bretenières, QuebecSaint-Just-de-Bretenières is a municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-Paul-de-MontminySaint-Paul-de-Montminy, QuebecSaint-Paul-de-Montminy is a village of 864 people located in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Geographically it is located in the Notre Dame Mountains, one of the Canadian parts of the Appalachian Mountains. It was founded in 1862....
Parishes
- Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-GruesSaint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, QuebecSaint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Montmagny and the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches...
- Sainte-Apolline-de-PattonSainte-Apolline-de-Patton, QuebecSainte-Apolline-de-Patton is a small village of 600 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec....
- Saint-Fabien-de-PanetSaint-Fabien-de-Panet, QuebecSaint-Fabien-de-Panet is a parish municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-SudSaint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, QuebecSaint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud is a parish municipality in Quebec....
Highways
Principal Highways in Montmagny:- Autoroute 20Quebec Autoroute 20Autoroute 20 is a major Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely-populated parts of Canada, and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec...
(Trans-Canada HighwayTrans-Canada HighwayThe Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...
) - Route 132Quebec route 132Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...
Secondary Highways:
- Route 204Quebec route 204Route 204 is a finite two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. It is one of the longest secondary highways in the province. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is in Lac-Mégantic at the...
- Route 216Quebec route 216Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Eastern Townships at the junction of Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204....
- Route 228Quebec route 228Route 228 is a two-lane east/west provincial highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts at the junction of Route 281 in Saint-Raphaël and ends in Montmagny at the junction of Route 132.-Municipalities along Route 228:* Saint-Raphaël* Saint-Vallier...
- Route 283Quebec route 283Route 283 is a 73 km two-lane north/south highway in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Montmagny at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is close to Saint-Lucie-de-Beauregard at the junction of Route 204.-Towns along Route...