Brome-Missisquoi () is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It lies in the Eastern Townships area. The seat is Cowansville. In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.
In Parliament it is covered by the Brome—Missisquoi federal electoral district.
History In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic Brome and Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of Bromont moved from La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality to Brome-Missisquoi.
Subdivisions There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM:
Cities & towns (7) Bedford Bromont Cowansville Dunham Farnham Lac-Brome Sutton
Municipalities (11) Bolton-Ouest Brigham East Farnham Frelighsburg Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge Pike River Saint-Armand Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge Sainte-Sabine Stanbridge East Stanbridge Station
Townships (1) Bedford
Villages (2) Abercorn Brome
Name Votes Population 2021 Census Area (km^2) Abercorn 1 341 26.72 Bedford (Town) 1 2,558 4.23 Bedford (Township) 1 658 31.96 Bolton-Ouest 1 732 100.94 Brigham 1 2,282 86.92 Brome 1 341 11.56 Bromont 6 11,357 114.05 Cowansville 8 15,234 46.87 Dunham 2 3,599 193.86 East-Farnham 1 612 5.02 Farnham 5 10,149 92.12 Frelighsburg 1 1,123 123.31 Lac-Brome 3 5,923 206.9 Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge 1 691 43.89 Pike-River 1 503 40.77 Saint-Armand 1 1,228 83.16 Sainte-Sabine 1 1,105 55.33 Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge 1 677 69.42 Stanbridge East 1 834 49.41 Stanbridge Station 1 291 18.07 Sutton 2 4,548 245.69 Total 41 64,786 1650.20
Demographics Population
Language Canada Census mother tongue - Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 50,310 12.2% 79.04% 9,885 0.97% 15.55% 1,585 82.18% 2.49% 1,490 12.03% 2.34% 44,820 71.2% 78.69% 9,790 4.4% 17.02% 870 3.57% 1.53% 1,330 5.5% 2.33% 42,240 25.9% 77.38% 10,250 4.2% 18.78% 840 18.3% 1.54% 1,260 2.7% 2.31% 33,560 1.8% 73.92% 9,835 2.8% 21.66% 710 4.7% 1.56% 1,295 30.8% 2.85% 32,975 2.7% 73.56% 10,120 6.1% 22.57% 745 4.9% 1.66% 990 11.2% 2.21% 32,105 n/a 72.17% 10,780 n/a 24.23% 710 n/a 1.60% 890 n/a 2.00%
Highways Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
External links Official site Official MRC site Tourism website of Brome-Missisquoi Cultural website of Brome-Missisquoi The Wine Route of Brome-Missisquoi Statistics Canada