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Brome-Missisquoi
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 45°08′N 72°48′W / 45.133°N 72.800°W / 45.133; -72.800
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	January 1, 2010
County seat	Cowansville
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Arthur Fauteux
Area
• Total	1,685.90 km (650.93 sq mi)
• Land	1,650.20 km (637.15 sq mi)
Population
• Total	64,786
• Density	39.3/km (102/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	11.1%
• Dwellings	34,331
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.brome-missisquoi.ca

Brome-Missisquoi (French pronunciation: [bʁɔm misiskwa]) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It lies in the Eastern Townships area. The seat is Cowansville. In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.

In Parliament it is covered by the Brome—Missisquoi federal electoral district.

History

In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic Brome and Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont moved from La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality to Brome-Missisquoi.

Subdivisions

There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census mother tongue - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		63,560		50,310	12.2%	79.04%		9,885	0.97%	15.55%		1,585	82.18%	2.49%		1,490	12.03%	2.34%
2016		56,955		44,820	71.2%	78.69%		9,790	4.4%	17.02%		870	3.57%	1.53%		1,330	5.5%	2.33%
2011		54,590		42,240	25.9%	77.38%		10,250	4.2%	18.78%		840	18.3%	1.54%		1,260	2.7%	2.31%
2006		45,400		33,560	1.8%	73.92%		9,835	2.8%	21.66%		710	4.7%	1.56%		1,295	30.8%	2.85%
2001		44,830		32,975	2.7%	73.56%		10,120	6.1%	22.57%		745	4.9%	1.66%		990	11.2%	2.21%
1996		44,485		32,105	n/a	72.17%		10,780	n/a	24.23%		710	n/a	1.60%		890	n/a	2.00%

Highways

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 141114". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 460". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Brome-Missisquoi, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 17 August 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
4. "Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality (Code 2446) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
5. "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique du Québec. p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
6. "MRC Council - Distribution of votes at the council". Brome-Missisquoi MRC. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
7. 2021 Census
8. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
9. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
10. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
11. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
12. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
13. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
14. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Official site
• Official MRC site
• Tourism website of Brome-Missisquoi
• Cultural website of Brome-Missisquoi
• The Wine Route of Brome-Missisquoi
• Statistics Canada Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Rouville RCM La Haute-Yamaska RCM Le Haute-Richelieu RCM Brome-Missisquoi RCM Memphrémagog RCM  United States Franklin County, Vermont  United States Orleans County, Vermont

v t e  Administrative divisions of Estrie  (Region 05)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Brome-Missisquoi La Haute-Yamaska Le Granit Les Sources Le Haut-Saint-François Le Val-Saint-François Sherbrooke Coaticook Memphrémagog
Municipalities	Lac-Mégantic Val-des-Sources Danville Cookshire-Eaton East Angus Scotstown Valcourt (V) Windsor Richmond Sherbrooke Coaticook Waterville Stanstead (V) Magog
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality
• Census divisions of Quebec