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Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741.[3] Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.

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Lotbinière
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Sainte-Croix
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Maurice Sénécal
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,687.00 km2 (651.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,662.27 km2 (641.81 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	31,741
• Density	19.1/km2 (49/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	7.2%
• Dwellings	14,642
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrclotbiniere.org

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	27,425	—
2011	29,617	+8.0%
2016	31,741	+7.2%
[4][3]

Language

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	30,845	98.2%
English only	230	0.7%
Both English and French	110	0.3%
Other languages	240	0.8%

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

• (in French) Lotbinière Regional County

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