Chaudière Appalaches

Chaudière Appalaches
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Montmagny
Residents	406,401 (2011)
surface	15,070.9 km²
Population density	27.0 inhabitants / km²

Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the southeast of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is further divided into nine regional county municipalities ( French municipalités régionales de comté ) and 136 municipalities. The administrative seat is in Montmagny .

The population is 406,401 (2011), the land area 15,070.9 km², which corresponds to a population density of 27.0 inhabitants per km². 99.8% of the population speak French and 0.1% English as their main language.

To the east, Chaudière-Appalaches borders the US state of Maine , to the south to the Estrie region , to the west to Center-du-Québec , to the northwest to Capitale-Nationale , to the northeast to Bas-Saint-Laurent .

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

• Beauce-Sartigan
• Bellechasse
• Les Appalaches
• La Nouvelle-Beauce
• Les Etchemins
• L'Islet
• Lotbinière
• Montmagny
• Robert-Cliche

Community outside an MRC:

• Lévis

Web links

Commons : Chaudière-Appalaches  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Chaudière-Appalaches region
• Statistical data
• Chaudière Appalaches. Commission de toponymie du Quebec