Desjardins Regional County Municipality
Desjardins was a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality were formed from the division of Lévis County in the 1980s. Desjardins ceased to exist when most of it, along with most of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière RCM, amalgamated into the expanded city of Lévis on January 1, 2002.
Desjardins | |
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Regional county municipality | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′N 71°07′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Effective | January 1982 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2001 |
| County seat | Lévis |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 255 km2 (98 sq mi) |
| • Land | 256.44 km2 (99.01 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 51,855 |
| • Density | 202.2/km2 (524/sq mi) |
| • Change (1996–2001) | 1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 22,663 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 418 |
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