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Roussillon Regional County Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Roussillon

|official_name =

|settlement_type = Regional county municipality

|image_skyline =

|imagesize =

|map_caption = Location in province of Quebec.

|image_map = Quebec MRC Roussillon location map.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|45|22|N|73|34|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

|coor_pinpoint =

|coordinates_footnotes =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Montérégie

|established_title = Effective

|established_date = January 1, 1982

|named_for = Régiment Royal Roussillon{{Cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=141041|title = Fiche descriptive}}

|seat_type = County seat

|seat = Saint-Constant

|parts_type =

|parts =

|government_footnotes =

|government_type = Prefecture

|leader_title = Prefect

|leader_name = Nathalie Simon

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Roussillon, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec |date = 8 February 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2467&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=roussil&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 26, 2019}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 403.60

|area_land_km2 = 423.82

|area_water_km2 =

|area_water_percent =

|area_urban_km2 =

|area_metro_km2 =

|area_note = There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m =

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 171,443

|population_as_of = 2016

|population_density_km2 = 404.5

|population_urban =

|population_density_urban_km2 =

|population_metro =

|population_density_metro_km2 =

|population_blank1_title = Change
2011–2016

|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 5.7%

|population_density_blank1_km2 =

|population_blank2_title =

|population_blank2 =

|population_note = Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves

|timezone = EST

|utc_offset = −5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −4

|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

|postal_code =

|area_code = 450 and 579

|blank_name =

|blank_info =

|blank1_name =

|blank1_info =

|website = {{URL|www.mrcroussillon.qc.ca}}

|footnotes =

}}

Roussillon ({{IPA|fr|ʁusijɔ̃|-|Fr-Roussillon.wav}}) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 171,443 as of the 2016 census.

Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:

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;Cities & Towns (9)

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;Municipalities (1)

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;Parishes (1)

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;Native Reserves (1)
{{small|(not associated with RCM)}}

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Demographics

=Population=

{{Canada census

|location = Roussillon

|2021_population=185,568 | 2021_pop_delta=+8.2 | 2021_land_area=420.44 | 2021_pop_density=441.4

|2021_median_age=41.6 | 2021_median_age_m=40.8 | 2021_median_age_f=42.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=72,650 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00032467 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27

|2016_population=171,443 | 2016_pop_delta=+5.7 | 2016_land_area=423.82 | 2016_pop_density=404.5

|2016_median_age=40.6 | 2016_median_age_m=39.8 | 2016_median_age_f=41.4

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=67,868 |2016_mean_hh_income=78,596 | 2016_access_date=2019-11-26

|2011_population=162,187 |2011_pop_delta=+8.1 |2011_land_area=423.24 |2011_pop_density=383.2

|2011_median_age=39.5 |2011_median_age_m=38.7 |2011_median_age_f=40.2

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=63,441 |2011_mean_hh_income=69,942 |2011_access_date=2014-01-31

|2006_population=149,996 | 2006_pop_delta=+8.6 | 2006_land_area=423.22 | 2006_pop_density=354.4

|2006_median_age=38.5 | 2006_median_age_m=37.7 | 2006_median_age_f=39.2

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=57,300 | 2006_mean_hh_income=62,568 | 2006_access_date=2014-01-31

|notes=

}}

{{Historical populations|width=60%

| title= Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec

| footnote =

| percentages =

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| cols = 2

| 1991 | 118355

| 1996 | 132167

| 2001 | 138172

| 2006 | 149996

| 2011 | 162187

| 2016 | 171443

}}

=Language=

class="wikitable"

! colspan="19" | Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County MunicipalityStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

Census

|

! Total

| colspan="1" |

! colspan="3" | {{center|French}}

| colspan="1" |

! colspan="3" | {{center|English}}

| colspan="1" |

! colspan="3" | {{center|French & English}}

| colspan="1" |

! colspan="3" | {{center|Other}}

Year

|

! Responses

|

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

|

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

|

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

|

! Count

! Trend

! Pop %

{{center|2021}}

|

| {{center|184,130}}

|

| 131,390

| {{increase}} 0.13%

| 71.35%

|

| 20,740

| {{increase}} 8.5%

| 11.26%

|

| 3,985

| {{increase}} 67.78%

| 2.16%

|

| 24,535

| {{increase}} 50.10%

| 13.32%

{{center|2016}}

|

| {{center|170,835}}

|

| 131,215

| {{increase}} 2.7%

| 76.8%

|

| 19,115

| {{increase}} 2.02%

| 11.12%

|

| 2375

| {{increase}} 16.14%

| 1.39%

|

| 16,345

| {{increase}} 38.28%

| 9.57%

{{center|2011}}

|

| {{center|160,260}}

|

| 127,660

| {{increase}} 4.3%

| 79.66%

|

| 18,735

| {{increase}} 13.2%

| 11.69%

|

| 2,045

| {{increase}} 89.4%

| 1.28%

|

| 11,820

| {{increase}} 37.6%

| 7.37%

{{center|2006}}

|

| {{center|148,560}}

|

| 122,345

| {{increase}} 7.4%

| 82.35%

|

| 16,545

| {{increase}} 1.1%

| 11.14%

|

| 1,080

| {{decrease}} 8.5%

| 0.73%

|

| 8,590

| {{increase}} 48.2%

| 5.78%

{{center|2001}}

|

| {{center|137,200}}

|

| 113,865

| {{increase}} 6.3%

| 82.99%

|

| 16,360

| {{decrease}} 4.2%

| 11.93%

|

| 1,180

| {{decrease}} 11.3%

| 0.86%

|

| 5,795

| {{increase}} 6.1%

| 4.22%

{{center|1996}}

|

| {{center|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:[http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map]

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  • Autoroutes
  • {{jct|state=QC|A|15}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|A|30}}

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  • Principal Highways
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|104}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|132}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|134}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|138}}

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  • Secondary Highways
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|207}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|209}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|217}}
  • {{jct|state=QC|QC|221}}

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  • External Routes
  • None

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See also

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{SCref |unit=cd |code=2467}}

{{mamrot |type=mrc |670}}

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{{Geographic Location

| title = Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

| Centre = Roussillon RCM

| North = Lake Saint-Louis
Montréal TE

| Northeast = Longueuil TE

| East = Le Haut-Richelieu RCM

| Southeast =

| South = Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM

| Southwest =

| West = Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM

| Northwest =

| image =

}}


{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Montérégie|state=expanded}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Census divisions of Quebec