Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

Le Val-Saint-François (French pronunciation: ​[lə val sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond.

Le Val-Saint-François
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°34′N 72°01′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Richmond
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Claude Boucher
Area [2][3]
• Total	1,416.60 km^2 (546.95 sq mi)
• Land	1,403.43 km^2 (541.87 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	30,686
• Density	21.9/km^2 (57/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.5%
• Dwellings	14,359
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.val-saint-francois.qc.ca

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Richmond Valcourt Windsor

Municipalities (10) Bonsecours Maricourt Racine Saint-Claude Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle Stoke Ulverton Val-Joli

Townships (3) Cleveland Melbourne Valcourt

Villages (2) Kingsbury Lawrenceville

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	30,686 (+3.5% from 2011)	29,654 (+2.2% from 2006)	29,023 (+2.3% from 2001)
Land area:	1,403.43 km^2 (541.87 sq mi)	1,403.96 km^2 (542.07 sq mi)	1,403.10 km^2 (541.74 sq mi)
Population density:	21.9/km^2 (57/sq mi)	21.1/km^2 (55/sq mi)	20.7/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Median age:	44.8 (M: 44.1, F: 45.6)	44.1 (M: 43.3, F: 45.0)	41.9 (M: 41.1, F: 42.6)
Total private dwellings:	14,359	13,640	13,012
Median household income:	$60,791	$51,834	$47,724
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7]

Historical Census Data - Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 32,304 —     1996 33,422 +3.5% 1996A 28,143 −15.8% 2001 28,176 +0.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2001A 28,383 +0.7% 2006 29,023 +2.3% 2011 29,654 +2.2% 2016 30,686 +3.5%
[8][3] (A) adjusted figure due to boundary changes.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		30,405		27,875	4.0%	91.68%		2,045	5.1%	6.73%		215	17.3%	0.71%		270	42.1%	0.89%
2011		29,405		26,800	3.6%	91.14%		2,155	10.2%	7.33%		260	1.9%	0.88%		190	26.9%	0.65%
2006		28,760		25,845	3.1%	89.86%		2,400	3.8%	8.34%		255	31.4%	0.89%		260	40.4%	0.90%
2001		27,695		25,055	16.2%	90.47%		2,310	10.8%	8.34%		175	32.7%	0.63%		155	19.4%	0.56%
1996		32,875		29,900	n/a	90.95%		2,590	n/a	7.88%		260	n/a	0.79%		125	n/a	0.38%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]

Autoroutes A-55

Principal Highways Route 116 Route 143

Secondary Highways Route 216 Route 220 Route 222 Route 243 Route 249

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141065 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality Archived 2014-03-31 at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Val-Saint-François, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
4. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
5. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
6. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
7. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. Official Transport Quebec Road Map.