Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality

Les Appalaches () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the ChaudiÃÂ¨re-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, MÃÂ©gantic, and Wolfe. The county seat and largest city is Thetford Mines.

The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the Appalachian Mountains with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of asbestos mining in the region (amiante is French for "asbestos").

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2)

Municipalities (13)

Parishes (4)

Demographics

Language

Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

Autoroutes
None

Principal Highways

Secondary Highways

External Routes
None

Attractions

Chemins Craig and Gosford Historic Route
Serpentine-de-Coleraine Ecological Reserve (Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine)
Frontenac National Park (Adstock)
Heritage Kinnear's Mills (Kinnear's Mills)
Mount Adstock (Adstock)
Thetford Mines Bike Path (Thetford Mines)

References

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