Matawinie () is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalit ...

in the region of

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

in southwestern

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. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the

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was 55,500.

Subdivisions

There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (14) *

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* Entrelacs * Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci * Rawdon * Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez * Sainte-Béatrix *

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* Saint-Donat *

Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie () is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. Geography The territory of Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie extends along the Noire River valley in ...

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* Saint-Jean-de-Matha * Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare * Saint-Michel-des-Saints * Saint-Zénon ;Parishes (1) * Saint-Damien ;Unorganized Territory (12) * Baie-Atibenne * Baie-de-la-Bouteille * Baie-Obaoca *

Lac-Cabasta Lac-Cabasta () is an unorganized territory in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. See also *List of unorganized territories in Quebec The following is a list of unincorporated areas (' ...

Lac-des-Dix-Milles Lac-des-Dix-Milles () is an unorganized territory in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. This square-shaped territory is entirely within the Mont-Tremblant National Park. Demographics Po ...

* Lac-Devenyns * Lac-du-Taureau *

Lac-Legendre Lac-Legendre () is an unorganized territory in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. See also *List of unorganized territories in Quebec The following is a list of unincorporated areas ( ...

* Lac-Matawin * Lac-Minaki * Lac-Santé * Saint-Guillaume-Nord ;First Nations reserve (1)
* Manawan

Demographics

Population

Language

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and

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are the main languages.

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** None * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** ** ** * External Routes ** None

References

Répertoire des municipalités du Québec

External links

Matawinie MRC - official website

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