| Lotbinière | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°WCoordinates: 46°31′N 71°36′W / 46.517°N 71.600°W | |
| Country |
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| Province |
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| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Sainte-Croix |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Maurice Sénécal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,687.00 km2 (651.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,661.99 km2 (641.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 29,617 |
| • Density | 17.8/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
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| • Dwellings | 13,321 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the Canada 2011 Census, the RCM had a population of 29,617. Its seat is in Sainte-Croix.
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:
Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: