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Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville.[2]

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Arthabaska
Regional county municipality
Location in Quebec
Coordinates: 45°55′N 72°05′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Victoriaville
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Lionel Fréchette
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,910.60 km2 (737.69 sq mi)
• Land	1,890.18 km2 (729.80 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	72,014
• Density	38.1/km2 (99/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.0%
• Dwellings	33,483
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.mrc-arthabaska.qc.ca
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Subdivisions

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	69,175	97.1%
English only	520	0.7%
Both English and French	215	0.3%
Other languages	1,335	1.9%

Attractions

• Cinq-Chicots School of the Row (Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska)
• LaPierre Mill (Norbertville)
• Laurier Museum (Victoriaville)
• Marie-Victorin Park (Kingsey Falls)
• Postes Pavilion Hotel (Victoriaville)
• Rivière Nicolet Trout Fishing Post (Notre-Dame-de-Ham)
• Saint-Michel Mountain (Victoriaville)
• St-Médard Church (1874) (Warwick)

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

External links

• Arthabaska RCM
• Répertoire des municipalités: Centre-du-Québec

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