Roussillon Regional County Municipality

Roussillon
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°WCoordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.367°N 73.567°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
Named for	Régiment Royal Roussillon[1]
County seat	Saint-Constant
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Nathalie Simon
Area[2][3]
• Total	403.60 km^2 (155.83 sq mi)
• Land	423.24 km^2 (163.41 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	162,187
• Density	383.2/km^2 (992/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	8.1%
	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.mrcroussillon.qc.ca

Roussillon is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 162,187 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (8) Candiac Châteauguay Delson La Prairie Léry Mercier Saint-Constant Sainte-Catherine

Municipalities (2) Saint-Mathieu Saint-Philippe

Parishes (1) Saint-Isidore

Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM) Kahnawake

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Roussillon Regional County Municipality community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	162,187 (+8.1% from 2006)	149,996 (+8.6% from 2001)	138,172 (+4.5% from 1996)
Land area:	423.24 km^2 (163.41 sq mi)	423.22 km^2 (163.41 sq mi)	425.21 km^2 (164.17 sq mi)
Population density:	383.2/km^2 (992/sq mi)	354.4/km^2 (918/sq mi)	325.0/km^2 (842/sq mi)
Median age:	39.5 (M: 38.7, F: 40.2)	38.5 (M: 37.7, F: 39.2)	36.7 (M: 36.2, F: 37.2)
Total private dwellings:	63,441	57,300	51,425
Median household income:	$69,942	$62,568	$54,981
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 118,355 —     1996 132,167 +11.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 138,172 +4.5% 2006 149,996 +8.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 162,187 +8.1%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		160,260		127,660	4.3%	79.66%		18,735	13.2%	11.69%		2,045	89.4%	1.28%		11,820	37.6%	7.37%
2006		148,560		122,345	7.4%	82.35%		16,545	1.1%	11.14%		1,080	8.5%	0.73%		8,590	48.2%	5.78%
2001		137,200		113,865	6.3%	82.99%		16,360	4.2%	11.93%		1,180	11.3%	0.86%		5,795	6.1%	4.22%
1996		130,975		107,105	n/a	81.78%		17,080	n/a	13.04%		1,330	n/a	1.01%		5,460	n/a	4.17%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[7]

Autoroutes A-15 A-30

Principal Highways Route 104 Route 132 Route 134 Route 138

Secondary Highways Route 207 Route 209 Route 217 Route 221

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=141041
2. Geographic code 670 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. Official Transport Quebec Road Map