Matawinie Regional County Municipality

Matawinie (Template:IPA) is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500.<ref name="census2021"/>

Subdivisions

There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM:<ref name="mamrot"/>

Municipalities (14)

• Chertsey
• Entrelacs
• Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci
• Rawdon
• Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
• Sainte-Béatrix
• Saint-Côme
• Saint-Donat
• Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie
• Saint-Félix-de-Valois
• Saint-Jean-de-Matha
• Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare
• Saint-Michel-des-Saints
• Saint-Zénon

Parishes (1)

• Saint-Damien

Unorganized Territory (12)

• Baie-Atibenne
• Baie-de-la-Bouteille
• Baie-Obaoca
• Lac-Cabasta
• Lac-des-Dix-Milles
• Lac-Devenyns
• Lac-du-Taureau
• Lac-Legendre
• Lac-Matawin
• Lac-Minaki
• Lac-Santé
• Saint-Guillaume-Nord

First Nations reserve (1)
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• Manawan

Demographics

Language

French and Atikamekw are the main languages.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec<ref name="scpast"/><ref name="census2016">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
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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:<ref>Official Transport Quebec Road Map</ref>

• Autoroutes
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• Principal Highways
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• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

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External links

• Matawinie MRC - official website

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