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{{Expand Spanish|Coaticook (municipio regional de condado)|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Coaticook
| official_name      = 
| settlement_type    = [[Regional county municipality]]
| image_skyline      = 
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| image_caption      = 
| image_map          = Quebec MRC Coaticook location map.svg
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| coordinates        = {{coord|45|08|N|71|48|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  = [[Estrie]]
| established_title  = Effective
| established_date   = January 1, 1982
| seat_type          = County seat
| seat               = [[Coaticook, Quebec|Coaticook]]
| parts_type         = 
| parts              = 
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/>
| government_type    = [[Regional county municipality#Governance and responsibilities|Prefecture]]
| leader_title       = Prefect
| leader_name        = Bernard Marion
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="census2016"/>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 1,354.70
| area_land_km2      = 1,339.80
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_urban_km2     = 
| area_metro_km2     = 
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Coaticook, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2444&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=coaticook&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>
| population_total   = 18,497
| population_as_of   = 2016
| population_density_km2 = 13.8
| population_urban   = 
| population_density_urban_km2 = 
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_metro_km2 = 
| population_blank1_title = Change<br><small>2011-2016</small>
| population_blank1  = {{decrease}} 1.9%
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 
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| population_blank2  = 
| 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_code          = [[Area code 819|819]]
| blank_name         = 
| blank_info         = 
| blank1_name        = 
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| website            = {{URL|www.mrcdecoaticook.qc.ca}}
| footnotes          = <ref name="cp2011">{{SCref |unit=cd |code=2444}}</ref>
}}

'''Coaticook''' is a [[regional county municipality]] in the [[Estrie]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada. The seat is [[Coaticook, Quebec|Coaticook]].

==History==
On September 3, [[1783]], as a result of the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. Quebec's border with the states of Vermont and New Hampshire was established at [[45th parallel north|45 degrees north]] latitude.<ref>Van Zandt, Franklin K. ''Boundaries of the United States and the Several States.'' Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, DC; Government Printing Office, 1976. The Standard Compilation for its subject. P. 12.</ref><ref>Parry, Clive, ed. ''[[Consolidated Treaty Series]].'' 231 Volumes. [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]], [[New York City]]; Oceana Publications, 1969-1981. Volume 48; pp. 481; 487; 491-492.</ref>

==Subdivisions==
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:<ref name="mamrot"/>

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;Cities & Towns (2)
* [[Coaticook, Quebec|Coaticook]]
* [[Waterville, Quebec|Waterville]]
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;Municipalities (9)
* [[Barnston-Ouest, Quebec|Barnston-Ouest]]
* [[Compton, Quebec|Compton]]
* [[Dixville, Quebec|Dixville]]
* [[East Hereford, Quebec|East Hereford]]
* [[Martinville, Quebec|Martinville]]
* [[Saint-Herménégilde, Quebec|Saint-Herménégilde]]
* [[Saint-Malo, Quebec|Saint-Malo]]
* [[Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, Quebec|Saint-Venant-de-Paquette]]
* [[Stanstead-Est, Quebec|Stanstead-Est]]
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;Townships (1)
* [[Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Quebec|Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton]]
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==Demographics==
'''Mother tongue data from''' [[Canada 2016 Census]]<ref name="census2016"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| French only
| 16,055
| 87.7%
|-
| English only
| 1,850
| 10.1%
|-
| Both English and French
| 185
| 1.0%
|-
| Other languages
| 215
| 1.2%
|}

==Transportation==
===Access Routes===
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carte routière officielle du Québec |url=https://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref>

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* '''Autoroutes'''
** {{jct|state=QC|A|55}}
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* '''Principal Highways'''
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|141}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|143}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|147}}
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* '''Secondary Highways'''
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|206}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|208}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|251}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|253}}
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* '''External Routes'''
** {{jct|state=VT|VT|114}}
** {{jct|state=VT|VT|141}}
** {{jct|state=VT|VT|253}}
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==See also==
* [[List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=mrc |440}}</ref>
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |141109}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mrcdecoaticook.qc.ca/ Coaticook Regional County Municipality website] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | title = Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
 | Centre = Coaticook RCM
 | North = [[Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality|Le Haut-Saint-François RCM]]
 | Northeast =   
 | East = {{USA}} <br> {{flagicon|NH}} [[Coos County, New Hampshire]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South = {{USA}} <br> {{flagicon|Vermont}} [[Essex County, Vermont]]
 | Southwest =  {{USA}} <br> {{flagicon|Vermont}} [[Orleans County, Vermont]]
 | West = [[Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality|Memphrémagog RCM]] 
 | Northwest = [[Sherbrooke|Sherbrooke TE]]
}}

{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Estrie}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Coaticook Regional County Municipality]]