Asbestos Regional County Municipality
Les Sources (French pronunciation: [le suʁs]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Val-des-Sources. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality, and before August 1990 it was known as L'Or-Blanc regional county municipality (French: white gold).
The Asbestos strike, a critical part of Quebec's labour history, occurred in the region.
Subdivisions
There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:
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Demographics
Population
Population trend:
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2016 | 14,286 | 3.2% |
2011 | 14,756 | 2.0% |
2006 | 14,466 | 0.5% |
2001 | 14,535 | 3.1% |
1996 | 15,005 | 2.4% |
1991 | 15,381 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 13,485 | 95.3% |
English only | 420 | 3.0% |
English and French | 90 | 0.6% |
Other languages | 150 | 1.1% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
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Attractions
- Burbank Pond Natural Interpretation Centre (Danville)
- Asbestos Musical Camp (Val-des-Sources)
- JM Asbestos Mine Visit (Val-des-Sources)
- The Little Happiness of Saint-Camille (Saint-Camille)
- Mineralogical Museum, and Museum Mine History (Val-des-Sources)
- Mont-Ham full air Centre (Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud)
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 394146". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Les Sources Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Sources, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Les Sources (Asbestos) Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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