L'Assomption Regional County Municipality

L'Assomption
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°48′N 73°26′W / 45.800°N 73.433°W / 45.800; -73.433[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	L'Assomption
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Chantal Deschamps
Area [2][3]
• Total	285.40 km2 (110.19 sq mi)
• Land	255.65 km2 (98.71 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	124,759
• Density	488.0/km2 (1,264/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	4.1%
• Dwellings	50,828
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrclassomption.qc.ca

L'Assomption (The Assumption) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is L'Assomption. L'Assomption is located directly north of the city of Montreal.

It is named for the L'Assomption River, which flows through the region from the north before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the region at Repentigny.

There are 5 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		123,830		113,485	2.0%	91.6%		1,760	8.0%	1.4%		595	9.8%	0.56%		7,990	67.5%	6.5%
2011		118,285		111,225	7.3%	94.03%		1,630	21.6%	1.38%		660	97.0%	0.56%		4,770	38.7%	4.03%
2006		108,815		103,700	3.3%	95.30%		1,340	21.3%	1.23%		335	42.6%	0.31%		3,440	135.6%	3.16%
2001		103,200		100,400	2.4%	97.29%		1,105	22.7%	1.07%		235	30.9%	0.23%		1,460	9.8%	1.41%
1996		101,190		98,090	n/a	96.94%		1,430	n/a	1.41%		340	n/a	0.34%		1,330	n/a	1.31%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[10]

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