Center-du-Quebec

Center-du-Quebec
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Drummondville
Residents	233,509 (2011)
surface	6,920.9 km²
Population density	33.7 inhabitants / km²

Center-du-Québec is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the south of the Canadian province of Québec . It is further divided into five regional county municipalities ( French municipalités régionales de comté ) and 82 municipalities and reserves. The administrative seat is in Drummondville .

The population is 233,509 (2011), the land area is 6920.9 km², which corresponds to a population density of 33.7 inhabitants per km². 99.5% of the population speak French and 0.3% English as their main language.

In the east, Center-du-Québec borders on the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches , in the south-east on Estrie , in the south on Montérégie , in the west on Lanaudière , in the north on Mauricie and Capitale-Nationale .

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

• Arthabaska
• Bécancour
• Drummond
• L'Érable
• Nicolet-Yamaska

Reserves outside an MRC:

• Odanak
• Wôlinak

Web links

Commons : Center-du-Québec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Center-du-Québec region website
• Statistical data