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Le Granit
Regional county municipality
Coordinates:45°35′N70°53′W / 45.583°N 70.883°W /45.583; -70.883[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Lac-Mégantic
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Monique Pherivong Lenoir
Area [2][3]
• Total	2,831.80 km2 (1,093.36 sq mi)
• Land	2,735.21 km2 (1,056.07 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	21,462
• Density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.4%
• Dwellings	12,478
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcgranit.qc.ca

Le Granit (French pronunciation:[ləɡʁanit],lit. 'The Granite') is aregional county municipality in theEstrie region of easternQuebec, Canada. Located directly south ofQuebec City, it borders the region ofChaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states ofNew Hampshire andMaine. It is named for its abundance ofgranite. Created in 1982, Le Granit's seat isLac-Mégantic.

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Population [edit] Population trend:[4][5][3] Census Population Change (%) 2016 21,462 3.4% 2011 revised 22,210 0.2% 2011 22,259 0.4% 2006 22,342 2.3% 2001 21,830 2.6% 1996 21,287 1.4% 1991 20,993 N/A

Language [edit] Mother tongue (2016)[3] Language Population Pct (%) French only 20,720 97.7% English only 245 1.2% English and French 85 0.4% Other languages 155 0.7%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[6]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

• Le Granit Regional County Municipality

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