Le Haut-Saint-François (French pronunciation: ​[lə o sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]; The Upper Saint-François [St. Francis]) is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada in the Estrie region. Its seat is in Cookshire-Eaton, and it is named for the Saint-François River which runs through the RCM.

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Le Haut-Saint-François
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°28′N 71°32′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Cookshire-Eaton
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Robert G. Roy
Area [2][3]
• Total	2,307.50 km2 (890.93 sq mi)
• Land	2,273.39 km2 (877.76 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	22,335
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.2%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrchsf.com
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Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Mother tongue data, from Canada 2016 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