Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°42′N 71°17′W / 46.700°N 71.283°W / 46.700; -71.283^[1]Country

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesEffectiveJanuary 1982^[1]DissolvedDecember 31, 2001Government

• TypePrefectureArea

^[1]^[2]

• Total419 km² (162 sq mi) • Land422.26 km² (163.04 sq mi) There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sourcesPopulation

(2001)^[2]

• Total78,808 • Density186.6/km² (483/sq mi) • Change (1996–2001)

4.2% • Dwellings

30,179Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code418

Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière was a former regional county municipality and census division in Quebec. It and Desjardins Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. It ceased to exist when most of it, along with most of Desjardins RCM, amalgamated into the expanded city of Lévis on January 1, 2002.

Subdivisions

Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM consisted of:

Dissolution

When Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM was dissolved, nearly all of its components amalgamated into the newly expanded Lévis:

Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Redempteur composed the borough of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest.
Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Romuald, and Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville composed the borough of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est.
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon remained independent and joined La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141073". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "2001 Census profile: Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière".