Eastern Montérégie
Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe. The name comes from Algonquin word maskutew meaning "bear plain" in plular.Photo: Gregory.lussier, CC BY 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Photo: Karyane, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city of almost 100,000 people in Montérégie, Southwestern Quebec. Agrotourism is one of the region's biggest draws, boasting orchards and cider-houses, vineyards and wineries, and maple sugar shacks.
Saint-Hyacinthe
Photo: Pedz, Public domain.
Saint-Hyacinthe is the agri-food capital of Quebec. This city of 57,000 people is in Les Maskoutains region in Eastern Montérégie, Quebec. Saint-Hyacinthe is also a gourmet, attractive, festive, sporty and cultural city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Barnabé-Sud.
Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Village
Saint-Barnabé-Sud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 962. It is the birthplace of historian Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire.
Eastern Montérégie
- Type: County with 89,400 residents
- Description: regional county municipality in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Les Maskoutains” and “Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality”
- Neighbors: La Haute-Yamaska, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Pierre-De Saurel, and Rouville
- Categories: regional county municipality of Quebec and locality
- Location: Montérégie, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.6872° or 45° 41′ 14″ northLongitude
-72.8983° or 72° 53′ 54″ westPopulation
89,400Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
87Q9M4P2+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 6605517212OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
6052920Wikidata ID
Q1517861
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Eastern Montérégie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Eastern Montérégie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Les Maskoutains”
- French: “Les Maskoutains”
- French: “MRC Les Maskoutains”
- German: “Les Maskoutains”
- Greek: “Λε Μασκουταίν”
- Irish: “Les Maskoutains”
- Italian: “Municipalità regionale della contea di Les Maskoutains”
- Japanese: “マスクタン郡”
- Persian: “شهرستان له ماسکوتن”
- Polish: “Les Maskoutains”
- Portuguese: “Les Maskoutains”
- Russian: “Ле-Макутен”
- Slovenian: “Les Maskoutains”
- Spanish: “Les Maskoutains”
- Turkish: “Les Maskoutains”
- Urdu: “لیس ماسکوتینز ریجنل کاؤنٹی میونسپلٹی”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sir Rhanbarthol Les Maskoutains”
Montérégie: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Longueuil, Brossard, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.