L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.
L'Assomption | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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Coordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
Effective | January 1, 1983 |
County seat | L'Assomption |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Chantal Deschamps |
Area | |
• Total | 285.40 km2 (110.19 sq mi) |
• Land | 255.65 km2 (98.71 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 124,759 |
• Density | 488.0/km2 (1,264/sq mi) |
• Change 2011–2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 50,828 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
It is named for the L'Assomption River, which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.
There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 128,087 (+2.7% from 2016) | 124,759 (+4.1% from 2011) | 119,840 (+9.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 255.16 km2 (98.52 sq mi) | 255.65 km2 (98.71 sq mi) | 255.71 km2 (98.73 sq mi) |
Population density | 502/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | 488.0/km2 (1,264/sq mi) | 468.7/km2 (1,214/sq mi) |
Median age | 43.2 (M: 42, F: 44) | 42.5 (M: 41.3, F: 43.7) | 41.7 (M: 40.6, F: 42.6) |
Total private dwellings | 51,575 | 50,828 | 49,153 |
Median household income | $74,714 | $64,821 |
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Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
123,830 |
113,485 | ![]() |
91.6% | 1,760 | ![]() |
1.4% | 595 | ![]() |
0.56% | 7,990 | ![]() |
6.5% | |||||
2011 |
118,285 |
111,225 | ![]() |
94.03% | 1,630 | ![]() |
1.38% | 660 | ![]() |
0.56% | 4,770 | ![]() |
4.03% | |||||
2006 |
108,815 |
103,700 | ![]() |
95.30% | 1,340 | ![]() |
1.23% | 335 | ![]() |
0.31% | 3,440 | ![]() |
3.16% | |||||
2001 |
103,200 |
100,400 | ![]() |
97.29% | 1,105 | ![]() |
1.07% | 235 | ![]() |
0.23% | 1,460 | ![]() |
1.41% | |||||
1996 |
101,190 |
98,090 | n/a | 96.94% | 1,430 | n/a | 1.41% | 340 | n/a | 0.34% | 1,330 | n/a | 1.31% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
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