Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Le Granit ("Granite") is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. It is named for its abundance of granite. Created in 1982, Le Granit's seat is Lac-Mégantic.

Le Granit had 22,342 inhabitants residing in 11,827 private dwellings, according to the Canada 2006 Census. It had a 2.3 percent population growth rate between 2001 and 2006.

Municipalities

*Audet
*Courcelles
*Frontenac
*Lac-Drolet
*Lac-Mégantic
*Lambton
*Marston
*Milan
*Nantes
*Notre-Dame-des-Bois
*Piopolis
*Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
*Saint-Ludger
*Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
*Saint-Romain
*Saint-Sébastien
*Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
*Stornoway
*Stratford
*Val-Racine

Highways

Highways in Le Granit include:
*Route 112
*Route 161
*Route 204
*Route 212
*Route 214
*Route 263


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