Laurentides (region)

Laurentides
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Saint-Jerome
Residents	555,614 (2011)
surface	20,559.9 km²
Population density	27.0 inhabitants / km²

Laurentides is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is further divided into eight regional county municipalities (municipalités régionales de comté) and 88 municipalities, reserves and unincorporated areas. The administrative seat is in Saint-Jérôme .

The population is 555,614, the land area 20,559.9 km², which corresponds to a population density of 27.0 inhabitants per km² (2011). 95.4% of the population speak French and 4.0% English as their main language.

In the west Laurentides borders on the administrative region Outaouais , in the north on Mauricie , in the east on Lanaudière , in the south-east on Laval , in the south on Montreal and Montérégie , in the south-west on the province of Ontario .

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

Community outside an MRC:

Mirabel

Reserve outside an MRC:

Doncaster

Web links

Commons : Laurentides - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Laurentides region
Statistical data
Laurentides. Commission de toponymie du Quebec