Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Les Appalaches is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The county seat and largest city is Thetford Mines.
The name of the RCM is linked to its location in the Appalachian Mountains with Mounts Adstock, Caribou, Oak, and Saint-Adrien being the highest. Until 2008, it was known as L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, because of the importance of asbestos mining in the region.Subdivisions
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns
;Municipalities
- Adstock
- Beaulac-Garthby
- East Broughton
- Irlande
- Kinnear's Mills
- Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
- Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce
- Saint-Fortunat
- Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
- Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
- Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
- Saint-Julien
- Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
;Parishes
- Disraeli
- Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus
- Sainte-Praxède
- Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Demographics
Language
Mother tongue from Canada 2016 Census
| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 40,675 | 97.7% |
| English only | 495 | 1.2% |
| Both English and French | 145 | 0.3% |
| Other languages | 325 | 0.8% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
