- Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
(Quebec)
Municipalité régionale de comté des
Collines-de-l'Outaouais— Regional County Municipality — Coordinates (216, chemin Old Chelsea, Chelsea): 45°30′N 75°48′W / 45.5°N 75.8°W Country Canada Province Quebec Region Outaouais Incorporated December 4, 1991 Area – Land 2,032.96 km2 (784.9 sq mi) Population (2008) – Total 42,605 – Density 20.9/km2 (54.1/sq mi) – Change ~2001 +19.4% – Dwellings 20,374 Time zone Eastern (UTC-5) Website www.mrcdescollines.com Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (French for "The hills of the Outaouais") is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau which is to the south. Its administrative seat is in Chelsea, Quebec.
It was created in January 1991 when the Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Regional Community) was split into Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and Communauté Urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community, now City of Gatineau). The region is home to the majority of Gatineau Park. It is bisected by the Gatineau River which flows from north to south. The Ottawa River forms the southwestern boundary.
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Administrative divisions of Outaouais (Region 07) Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territoriesPapineau · Gatineau · Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais · La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau · Pontiac
Municipalities Thurso · Gatineau · Val-des-Monts · Cantley · Chelsea · Pontiac · La Pêche · Gracefield · Maniwaki
Coordinates: 45°37′13.7″N 75°50′16.6″W / 45.620472°N 75.837944°W
Categories:- Regional county municipalities in Outaouais
- Census divisions of Quebec
- Quebec geography stubs
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