Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality

Les Chenaux
Regional county municipality
Location of Les Chenaux
Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°25′W / 46.500°N 72.417°W / 46.500; -72.417[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
EffectiveJanuary 1, 2002
County seatSaint-Luc-de-Vincennes
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectGérard Bruneau
Area
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 • Total934.40 km2 (360.77 sq mi)
 • Land872.04 km2 (336.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3][4]
 • Total17,865
 • Density20.5/km2 (53/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 5.2%
 • Dwellings
8,393
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)819, 418 or 581
Websitewww.mrcdeschenaux.ca

Les Chenaux (meaning the channels in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River. It has a land area of 872.04 square kilometres (336.70 sq mi) and a population of 17,865 inhabitants in the Canada 2011 Census.[4] Its largest community is the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.

Les Chenaux is one of the few regional county municipalities in Quebec that does not constitute its own census division; instead, it is grouped with Trois-Rivières as the single census division of Francheville.

Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, signs at the intersection of Route 359 South and North, Rang Saint-Alexis and direction to Highway 40
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