Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Lotbinière (French pronunciation: [lɔtbinjɛʁ]) 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.
Lotbinière | |
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| Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Sainte-Croix |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Daniel Turcotte |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,687.00 km2 (651.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,662.27 km2 (641.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 34 553 |
| • 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 codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Language
Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 30,845 | 98.2% |
| English only | 230 | 0.7% |
| Both English and French | 110 | 0.3% |
| Other languages | 240 | 0.8% |
