Joliette Regional County Municipality

Joliette
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Joliette
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	André Hénault
Area
• Total	424.20 km2 (163.78 sq mi)
• Land	417.41 km2 (161.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	71,124
• Density	170.4/km2 (441/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.9%
• Dwellings	33,812
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcjoliette.qc.ca

Joliette (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt] ) is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Joliette.

The municipality has a land area of 417.41 km². At the 2021 census it had a population of 71,124.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & towns (4)

• Crabtree
• Joliette
• Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
• Saint-Charles-Borromée

Municipalities (5)

• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
• Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
• Sainte-Mélanie
• Saint-Paul
• Saint-Thomas

Villages (1)

• Saint-Pierre

Transportation

Access routes

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

• Autoroutes
  • A-31

• Principal highways
  • R-131
  • R-158

• Secondary highways
  • R-343
  • R-346
  • R-348

• External routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec