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Also known as Lanaudiere

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Lanaudière
Settlement.settlement_type
Administrative region
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Lanaudière in Quebec.svg
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Canada
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Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Quebec
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Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
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coll
Settlement.parts
6 RCM
Settlement.p1
D'Autray
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Joliette
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L'Assomption
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Les Moulins
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Matawinie
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Montcalm
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President
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Table des préfets de Lanaudière (Regional conference of elected officers)

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Lanaudière, tout pour plaire!

Portail officiel du tourisme de Lanaudière. Été comme hiver, Lanaudière offre une multitude d'activités en plein air qui comblera toute la famille.

lanaudiere.ca →

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
Lanaudoise
Country
Canada
Located in
Quebec
Contains
D'Autray
Capital
Joliette
Population
528598
Area
12313
Shares border with
Laurentides
Official website
lanaudiere.ca
Image
Hotel de ville de Lavaltrie.jpg
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Commons category
Lanaudière
code
14
topic's main category
Category:Lanaudière
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Administrative divisions
  • Regional county municipalities
  • [[Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw|Nation Atikamekw]]
  • School districts
  • Major communities
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

==Geography== The region of Lanaudière is part of central Quebec and is located between the Saint Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, between Mauricie and the Laurentides. Lanaudière attracts a good deal of interest from vacationers. Lanaudière's area of stretch northwest from a shoreline of on the Saint Lawrence River. Lanaudière is generally rural, while the urban areas are generally concentrated in the south of the region, such as Repentigny, Terrebonne and Berthierville. The altitude rises as one goes northwards; it is near the Saint Lawrence River to almost at the top of mountains near Saint-Donat and Saint-Zénon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lanaudière” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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