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{{Infobox settlement
|name          =  Roussillon
|official_name =
|settlement_type  = [[Regional county municipality]]
|image_skyline          =
|imagesize              =
|map_caption          = Location in province of Quebec.
|image_map              = Quebec MRC Roussillon location map.svg
|coordinates            = {{coord|45|22|N|73|34|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
|coor_pinpoint          =
|coordinates_footnotes  = <ref name="toponymie"/>
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{CAN}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = {{QC}}
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Montérégie]]
|established_title      = Effective
|established_date       = January 1, 1982
|named_for              = [[Régiment Royal Roussillon]]<ref name="toponymie">{{Cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=141041|title = Fiche descriptive}}</ref>
|seat_type              = County seat
|seat                   = [[Saint-Constant, Quebec|Saint-Constant]]
|parts_type             =
|parts                  =
|government_footnotes   = <ref name="mamrot"/>
|government_type        = [[Regional county municipality#Governance and responsibilities|Prefecture]]
|leader_title           = Prefect
|leader_name            = Nathalie Simon
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Roussillon, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec |date = 8 February 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2467&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=roussil&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref>
|area_magnitude         =
|area_total_km2         = 403.60
|area_land_km2          = 423.82
|area_water_km2         =
|area_water_percent     =
|area_urban_km2         =
|area_metro_km2         =
|area_note              = <small>There is an apparent<br> contradiction between two<br> authoritative sources</small>
|elevation_footnotes    =
|elevation_m            =
|population_footnotes           = <ref name="census2016"/>
|population_total               = 171,443
|population_as_of               = 2016
|population_density_km2         = 404.5
|population_urban               =
|population_density_urban_km2   =
|population_metro               =
|population_density_metro_km2   =
|population_blank1_title        = Change<br><small>2011–2016</small>
|population_blank1              = {{increase}} 5.7%
|population_density_blank1_km2 =
|population_blank2_title        =
|population_blank2              =
|population_note                = Population excludes incompletely enumerated First Nations reserves
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −5
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST         = −4
|postal_code_type       = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            =
|area_code              = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
|blank_name             =
|blank_info             =
|blank1_name            =
|blank1_info            =
|website                = {{URL|www.mrcroussillon.qc.ca}}
|footnotes              =
}}
'''Roussillon''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁusijɔ̃|-|Fr-Roussillon.wav}}) is a [[regional county municipality]] in the [[Montérégie]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada. The seat is in [[Saint-Constant, Quebec]]. The region's population was 171,443 as of the [[2016 Canadian Census|2016 census]].<ref name="census2016"/>
==Subdivisions==
There are 11 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:<ref name="mamrot"/>
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;Cities & Towns (9)
* [[Candiac, Quebec|Candiac]]
* [[Châteauguay]]
* [[Delson, Quebec|Delson]]
* [[La Prairie, Quebec|La Prairie]]
* [[Léry, Quebec|Léry]]
* [[Mercier, Quebec|Mercier]]
* [[Saint-Constant, Quebec|Saint-Constant]]
* [[Sainte-Catherine, Quebec|Sainte-Catherine]]
* [[Saint-Philippe, Quebec|Saint-Philippe]]
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;Municipalities (1)
* [[Saint-Mathieu, Quebec|Saint-Mathieu]]
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;Parishes (1)
* [[Saint-Isidore, Montérégie, Quebec|Saint-Isidore]]
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;Native Reserves (1)<br>{{small|(not associated with RCM)}}
* [[Kahnawake]]
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==Demographics==
===Population===
{{Canada census
|location = Roussillon
|2021_population=185,568 | 2021_pop_delta=+8.2  | 2021_land_area=420.44 | 2021_pop_density=441.4
|2021_median_age=41.6 | 2021_median_age_m=40.8 | 2021_median_age_f=42.4
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=72,650 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00032467 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
|2016_population=171,443 | 2016_pop_delta=+5.7 | 2016_land_area=423.82 | 2016_pop_density=404.5
|2016_median_age=40.6 | 2016_median_age_m=39.8 | 2016_median_age_f=41.4
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=67,868 |2016_mean_hh_income=78,596 | 2016_access_date=2019-11-26
|2011_population=162,187 |2011_pop_delta=+8.1 |2011_land_area=423.24 |2011_pop_density=383.2
|2011_median_age=39.5 |2011_median_age_m=38.7 |2011_median_age_f=40.2
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=63,441 |2011_mean_hh_income=69,942 |2011_access_date=2014-01-31
|2006_population=149,996 | 2006_pop_delta=+8.6 | 2006_land_area=423.22 | 2006_pop_density=354.4
|2006_median_age=38.5 | 2006_median_age_m=37.7 | 2006_median_age_f=39.2
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=57,300 | 2006_mean_hh_income=62,568 | 2006_access_date=2014-01-31
|notes=
}}
{{Historical populations|width=60%
| title= <small>Historical Census Data - Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec</small>
| footnote = <ref name="scpast"/><ref name="cp2011a"/><ref name="census2016"/>
| percentages =
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 2
| 1991 | 118355
| 1996 | 132167
| 2001 | 138172
| 2006 | 149996
| 2011 | 162187
| 2016 | 171443
}}
===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="19" | Canada Census Mother Tongue - Roussillon Regional County Municipality<ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
| colspan="1" |
! colspan="3" | {{center|French}}
| colspan="1" |
! colspan="3" | {{center|English}}
| colspan="1" |
! colspan="3" | {{center|French & English}}
| colspan="1" |
! colspan="3" | {{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|184,130}}
|
| 131,390
| {{increase}} 0.13%
| 71.35%
|
| 20,740
| {{increase}} 8.5%
| 11.26%
|
| 3,985
| {{increase}} 67.78%
| 2.16%
|
| 24,535
| {{increase}} 50.10%
| 13.32%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|170,835}}
|
| 131,215
| {{increase}} 2.7%
| 76.8%
|
| 19,115
| {{increase}} 2.02%
| 11.12%
|
| 2375
| {{increase}} 16.14%
| 1.39%
|
| 16,345
| {{increase}} 38.28%
| 9.57%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|160,260}}
|
| 127,660
| {{increase}} 4.3%
| 79.66%
|
| 18,735
| {{increase}} 13.2%
| 11.69%
|
| 2,045
| {{increase}} 89.4%
| 1.28%
|
| 11,820
| {{increase}} 37.6%
| 7.37%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|148,560}}
|
| 122,345
| {{increase}} 7.4%
| 82.35%
|
| 16,545
| {{increase}} 1.1%
| 11.14%
|
| 1,080
| {{decrease}} 8.5%
| 0.73%
|
| 8,590
| {{increase}} 48.2%
| 5.78%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|137,200}}
|
| 113,865
| {{increase}} 6.3%
| 82.99%
|
| 16,360
| {{decrease}} 4.2%
| 11.93%
|
| 1,180
| {{decrease}} 11.3%
| 0.86%
|
| 5,795
| {{increase}} 6.1%
| 4.22%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|130,975}}
|
| 107,105
| n/a
| 81.78%
|
| 17,080
| n/a
| 13.04%
|
| 1,330
| n/a
| 1.01%
|
| 5,460
| n/a
| 4.17%
|}
==Transportation==
===Access Routes===
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:<ref>[http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/ Official Transport Quebec Road Map]</ref>
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* '''Autoroutes'''
** {{jct|state=QC|A|15}}
** {{jct|state=QC|A|30}}
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* '''Principal Highways'''
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|104}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|132}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|134}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|138}}
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* '''Secondary Highways'''
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|207}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|209}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|217}}
** {{jct|state=QC|QC|221}}
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* '''External Routes'''
** None
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==See also==
* [[List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec]]
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="cp2011a">{{SCref |unit=cd |code=2467}}</ref>
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=mrc |670}}</ref>
}}
<br>
{{Geographic Location
| title = Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
| Centre = Roussillon RCM
| North = ''[[Lake Saint-Louis]]''<br>[[Urban agglomeration of Montreal|Montréal TE]]
| Northeast = [[Urban agglomeration of Longueuil|Longueuil TE]]
| East =  [[Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality|Le Haut-Richelieu RCM]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality|Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM]]
| Southwest =
| West =  [[Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality|Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM]]
| Northwest =
| image =
}}
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{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Montérégie|state=expanded}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Roussillon Regional County Municipality| ]]
[[Category:Census divisions of Quebec]]