Charlevoix Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Charlevoix is a regional county municipality (French: Municipalité Regionale de Comté de Charlevoix) in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul.
Charlevoix | |
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| Coordinates: 47°29′N 70°29′W[1] | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Baie-Saint-Paul |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Patrick Lavoie |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,935.69 km2 (1,519.58 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,736.80 km2 (1,442.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 13,371 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016-21) | |
| • Dwellings | 7,516 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Subdivisions
There are seven subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Canada census – Charlevoix Regional County Municipality community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | |
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| Population | 13,371 (+2.9% from 2016) | 12,997 (-2.6% from 2011) |
| Land area | 3,736.80 km2 (1,442.79 sq mi) | 3,763.22 km2 (1,452.99 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi) | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
| Median age | 54.8 (M: 53.6, F: 55.6) | 52.8 (M: 52.3, F: 53.3) |
| Private dwellings | 7,516 (total) 6,186 (occupied) | 7,330 (total) 5,781 (occupied) |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $56,806 |
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| Source: Statistics Canada[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||