L'Érable (Maple) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City. Its seat is Plessisville.

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L'Érable
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°15′N 71°45′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Plessisville
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Sylvain Labrecque
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,300.70 km2 (502.20 sq mi)
• Land	1,287.86 km2 (497.25 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	23,425
• Density	18.2/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	0.3%
• Dwellings	11,315
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.mrc-erable.qc.ca
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Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]

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