L'Île-d'Orléans () is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Its seat is Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The population in the 2016 census was 7,082 people.
The RCM consists solely of the Île d'Orléans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River just east of Quebec City. It is the smallest RCM in Quebec in terms of land area (though not in total area including water).
Subdivisions There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:
Municipalities (5) Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Villages (1) Sainte-Pétronille
Demographics Population
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 6,860 5.9% 97.72% 70 6.7% 1.07% 15 50.0% 0.21% 75 66.7% 1.07% 6,480 0.9% 98.03% 75 6.3% 1.13% 10 81.8% 0.15% 45 57.1% 0.68% 6,540 1.6% 96.46% 80 220.0% 1.18% 55 175.0% 0.81% 105 600.0% 1.55% 6,645 0.7% 99.11% 25 37.5% 0.37% 20 0.0% 0.30% 15 40.0% 0.22% 6,695 n/a 98.75% 40 n/a 0.59% 20 n/a 0.29% 25 n/a 0.37%
Transportation
Access Routes 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
Autoroutes None
Principal Highways None
Secondary Highways
External Routes None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
External links
MRC de l'Île d'Orléans official website Carte cadastrale - Surveyor's map, A.D. 1709