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Arthabaska
Regional county municipality
Location in Quebec
Coordinates: 45°55′N 72°05′W / 45.917°N 72.083°W / 45.917; -72.083
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Victoriaville
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Lionel Fréchette
Area
• Total	1,910.60 km (737.69 sq mi)
• Land	1,890.18 km (729.80 sq mi)
Population
• Total	72,014
• Density	38.1/km (99/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.0%
• Dwellings	33,483
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrc-arthabaska.qc.ca

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (French pronunciation: [aʁtabaska]) is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville.

Subdivisions

There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census

Attractions

• Cinq-Chicots School of the Row (Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska)
• LaPierre Mill (Norbertville)
• Laurier Museum (Victoriaville)
• Marie-Victorin Park (Kingsey Falls)
• Postes Pavilion Hotel (Victoriaville)
• Rivière Nicolet Trout Fishing Post (Notre-Dame-de-Ham)
• Saint-Michel Mountain (Victoriaville)
• St-Médard Church (1874) (Warwick)

Transportation

Access Routes

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

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141121". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 390". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Arthabaska, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
4. "Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (Code 2439) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Arthabaska RCM
• Répertoire des municipalités: Centre-du-Québec

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Nicolet-Yamaska RCM Bécancour RCM L'Érable RCM Drummond RCM Arthabaska RCM Les Appalaches RCM Les Sources RCM

v t e  Administrative divisions of Centre-du-Québec  (Region 17)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	L'Érable Bécancour Arthabaska Drummond Nicolet-Yamaska
Municipalities	Princeville Plessisville (V) Bécancour Victoriaville Warwick Kingsey Falls Daveluyville Drummondville Nicolet
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• Arthabaska Regional County Municipality