Les Maskoutains () is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.
The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.
Subdivisions There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:
Cities & Towns (2) Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Pie
Municipalities (13) La Présentation Saint-Barnabé-Sud Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville Saint-Damase Saint-Dominique Saint-Hugues Saint-Jude Saint-Liboire Saint-Louis Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu Saint-Simon Saint-Valérien-de-Milton Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot
Parishes (1) Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Villages (1) Sainte-Madeleine
Demographics Population
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 81,730 2.7% 95.0% 665 3.1% 0.8% 330 8.2% 0.4% 3,285 59.1% 2.50% 79,610 4.2% 96.35% 645 16.2% 0.78% 305 69.4% 0.37% 2,065 16.7% 2.50% 76,425 1.4% 96.83% 555 2.8% 0.70% 180 12.2% 0.23% 1,770 100.0% 2.24% 75,395 0.4% 97.88% 540 28.9% 0.70% 205 20.6% 0.27% 885 22.9% 1.15% 75,735 n/a 97.87% 760 n/a 0.98% 170 n/a 0.22% 720 n/a 0.93%
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
Autoroutes
Principal Highways
Secondary Highways
External Routes None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
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