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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 45°05′N 74°10′W / 45.08°N 74.17°W / 45.08; -74.17Coordinates: 45°05′N 74°10′W / 45.08°N 74.17°W / 45.08; -74.17
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat Huntingdon
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Alain Castagner
Area
 • Total 1,242.20 km2 (479.62 sq mi)
 • Land 1,174.00 km2 (453.28 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 21,197
 • Density 18.1/km2 (47/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Decrease 3.4%
 • Dwellings 10,744
  Population excludes
incompletely enumerated
First Nations reserves
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.mrchsl.com

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon and it is named for the Saint Lawrence River which forms its western and northwestern boundary.

The RCM was formed on 1 January 1982 from most of historic Huntingdon County.

There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

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


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