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{{Infobox settlement
|name          =  Acton
|official_name = 
|settlement_type  = [[Regional county municipality]]
|image_skyline          = 
|imagesize              = 
|image_caption          =
|image_map              = Quebec MRC Acton location map.svg
|pushpin_map            = 
|pushpin_mapsize        = 
|coordinates            = {{coord|45|39|N|72|34|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
|coor_pinpoint              = 
|coordinates_footnotes  = <ref name="toponymie"/>
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{CAN}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = {{QC}}
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Montérégie]]
|established_title      = Effective
|established_date       = January 1, 1982
|seat_type              = County seat
|seat                   = [[Acton Vale, Quebec|Acton Vale]]
|parts_type             =Communities
|parts                  = List
|p1 = '''City'''
|p2 = [[Acton Vale, Quebec|Acton Vale]]
|p3 = &nbsp;
|p4 = '''Municipalities'''
|p5 = [[Béthanie, Quebec|Béthanie]]
|p6 = [[Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Théodore-d'Acton]]
|p7 = [[Upton, Quebec|Upton]]
|p8 = &nbsp;
|p9 = '''Parishes'''
|p10 = [[Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton]]
|p11 = [[Sainte-Christine, Quebec|Sainte-Christine]]
|p12 = &nbsp;
|p13 = '''Townships'''
|p14 = [[Roxton, Quebec|Roxton Canton]]
|p15 = &nbsp;
|p16 = '''Villages'''
|p17 = [[Roxton Falls, Quebec|Roxton Falls]]
|government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/>
|government_type        = [[Regional county municipality#Governance and responsibilities|Prefecture]]
|leader_title           = Prefect
|leader_name            = Jean-Marie Laplante
|leader_title1          = 
|leader_name1           = 
|leader_title2          = 
|area_footnotes         =<ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Acton, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2448&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=acton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref>
|area_magnitude         = 
|area_total_km2         = 583.00
|area_land_km2          = 579.80
|area_water_km2         = 
|area_water_percent     = 
|area_urban_km2         = 
|area_metro_km2         = 
|elevation_footnotes    = 
|elevation_m            = 
|population_footnotes           =<ref name="census2016"/>
|population_total               = 15,594
|population_as_of               = 2016
|population_density_km2         = 26.9
|population_urban               = 
|population_density_urban_km2   =
|population_metro               =
|population_density_metro_km2   =
|population_blank1_title        = Change<br><small>2011-2016</small>
|population_blank1              = {{increase}} 1.4%
|population_density_blank1_km2 =   
|population_blank2_title        = Dwellings
|population_blank2              = 7,101
|population_note                = 
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −5
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST         = −4
|postal_code_type       = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            = 
|area_codes              = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
|blank_name             =
|blank_info             =  
|blank1_name            =
|blank1_info            =
|website                = {{URL|www.mrcacton.qc.ca}}
|footnotes              = <ref name="cp2011">{{SCref |unit=cd |2448}}</ref>
}}

'''Acton Regional County Municipality''' is a [[regional county municipality]] located in the [[Montérégie]] region of [[Quebec]]. The seat is [[Acton Vale, Quebec|Acton Vale]].<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot|type=mrc|480}}</ref>

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 26.9 per square kilometre. About half of the population is concentrated in the town of Acton Vale.<ref name="RCM">[http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/MRC.htm/ Acton RCM] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324021014/http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/MRC.htm/ |date=March 24, 2009 }}</ref>

==Subdivisions==
There are 8 subdivisions within the RCM:<ref name="mamrot"/>

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;Cities & Towns (1)
* [[Acton Vale, Quebec|Acton Vale]]
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;Municipalities (3)
* [[Béthanie, Quebec|Béthanie]]
* [[Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Théodore-d'Acton]]
* [[Upton, Quebec|Upton]]
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;Parishes (2)
* [[Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton]]
* [[Sainte-Christine, Quebec|Sainte-Christine]]
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;Townships (1)
* [[Roxton, Quebec|Roxton]]
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;Villages (1)
* [[Roxton Falls, Quebec|Roxton Falls]]
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==Demographics==
'''Mother tongue from''' [[Canada 2016 Census]]<ref name="census2016"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| French only
| 14,925
| 95.7%
|-
| English only
| 160
| 1.0%
|-
| Both English and French
| 55
| 0.4%
|-
| Other languages
| 455
| 2.9%
|}

==Transportation==
===Access Routes===
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:<ref>[http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map]</ref>

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* '''Autoroutes'''
** {{jct|state=QC|TCH|20}}
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* '''Principal Highways'''
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|116}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|139}}
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* '''Secondary Highways'''
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|211}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|222}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|241}}
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* '''External Routes'''
** None
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==Attractions and Other Areas==
La Campagnarde Trail

==See also==
* [[List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |141124}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/ Official Web Site of Acton Regional County Municipality]
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{{Adjacent communities
 | title = Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
 | Centre = Acton RCM
 | North = [[Drummond Regional County Municipality|Drummond RCM]]
 | Northeast =   
 | East = [[Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality|Le Val-Saint-François RCM]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South = [[La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality|La Haute-Yamaska RCM]]
 | Southwest =  
 | West = [[Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality|Les Maskoutains RCM]] 
 | Northwest = 
}}
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{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Montérégie}}

{{Authority control}}

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