Local government in Quebec

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The basic unit of local government in Quebec is the municipality, also called local municipality to distinguish it from the higher-level regional county municipality or RCM, which is said to be at the supralocal level.

Eight municipalities are further subdivided into boroughs.

There are also eleven agglomerations grouping a number of municipalities and exercising some of the powers which, elsewhere in Quebec, would be exercised by a municipality.

With the exception of some Aboriginal communities, municipalities are governed by the Towns and Cities Act and the Municipal Code of Québec.

[edit] See also

• Types of municipalities in Quebec
• Municipal history of Quebec
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec
• Urban agglomerations of Quebec
• List of boroughs in Quebec
• Administrative subdivisions of Quebec
• Regional county municipality
• Metropolitan community
• Kativik Regional Government
• Local government in Canada