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Le Granit
Le Granit
Regional county municipality
	Coordinates: 45°35′N 70°53′W / 45.583°N 70.883°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Lac-Mégantic
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Monique Pherivong Lenoir
Area
• Total	2,831.80 km2 (1,093.36 sq mi)
• Land	2,735.21 km2 (1,056.07 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	21,462
• Density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Change; 2011-2016	3.4%
• Dwellings	12,478
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcgranit.qc.ca

Le Granit (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁanit], lit. 'The Granite') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. It is named for its abundance of granite. Created in 1982, Le Granit's seat is Lac-Mégantic.

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1)

Lac-Mégantic

Municipalities (15)

Audet
Frontenac
Lac-Drolet
Lambton
Milan
Nantes
Notre-Dame-des-Bois
Piopolis
Saint-Ludger
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Saint-Romain
Saint-Sébastien
Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
Stornoway
Val-Racine

Parishes (1)

Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn

Townships (2)

Marston
Stratford

Demographics

Population

Population trend:^[4]^[5]^[3]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	21,462	3.4%
2011 revised	22,210	0.2%
2011	22,259	0.4%
2006	22,342	2.3%
2001	21,830	2.6%
1996	21,287	1.4%
1991	20,993	N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	20,720	97.7%
English only	245	1.2%
English and French	85	0.4%
Other languages	155	0.7%

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[6]

Autoroutes
- None

Principal highways
- R-108
- R-161

Secondary highways
- R-204
- R-212
- R-214
- R-263

External routes
- SR 27

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141079". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Granit Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Granit, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

[toponymie-1] "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141079". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.

[mamrot-2] "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Granit Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

[census2016-3] "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Granit, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

[4] Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

[cp2011-5] 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec

[6] Official Transport Quebec Road Map

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

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States