Bécancour Regional County Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Bécancour

|official_name =

|other_name =

|settlement_type = Regional county municipality

|image_map = Quebec MRC Bécancour location map.svg

|map_caption = Location in province of Quebec.

|coordinates = {{coord|46|19|N|72|11|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Centre-du-Québec

|established_title = Effective

|established_date = January 1, 1982

|seat_type = County seat

|seat = Bécancour

|parts_type =

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|government_footnotes =

|government_type = Prefecture

|leader_title = Prefect

|leader_name = Poste vacant

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Bécancour, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2438&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=becancour&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 26, 2019}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 1231.30

|area_land_km2 = 1144.67

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|population_total = 20,404

|population_as_of = 2016

|population_density_km2 = 17.8

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|population_blank1_title = Change
2011-2016

|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 1.6%

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|population_blank2_title = Dwellings

|population_blank2 = 9,947

|population_note =

|timezone = EST

|utc_offset = −5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −4

|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

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|area_code = 819

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Bécancour ({{IPA|fr|bekɑ̃kuʁ}}) is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Bécancour.{{mamrot|type=mrc|380}}

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

;Cities & Towns (1)

Bécancour

;Municipalities (8)

;Parishes (3)

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

Wôlinak

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census

class="wikitable"
Language ! Population ! Pct (%)
French only \| 19,550 \| 97.9%
English only \| 155 \| 0.8%
Both English and French \| 65 \| 0.3%
Other languages \| 205 \| 1.0%

class="wikitable"

Language

! Population

! Pct (%)

French only

| 19,550

| 97.9%

English only

| 155

| 0.8%

Both English and French

| 65

| 0.3%

Other languages

| 205

| 1.0%

Transportation

=Access Routes=

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map]