Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | |
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Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°05′N 74°10′W / 45.08°N 74.17°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Huntingdon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Alain Castagner |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,242.20 km2 (479.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,173.51 km2 (453.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 22,454 |
| • Density | 19.1/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011–2016 | 5.9% |
| • Dwellings | 12,016 |
| Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [lə o sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃], lit. 'Upper Saint Lawrence') is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon. It is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which forms its western and its northwestern boundaries.