Arthabaska County is an historical county in central Quebec

Quebec

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Its county seat was Arthabaska and the main city was Victoriaville. It was bounded on the northeast by Mégantic County on the southeast Wolfe County, on the southwest by Drummond County and Richmond County and on the northwest by Nicolet County.

In the early 1980s Quebec's counties were abolished and most of Arthabaska County became the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is located in Central Quebec. The regional county municipality seat is Victoriaville. A report released in early 2006 by Maclean's magazine listed Arthabaska as the worst place in Canada for murder per capita but, by 2008, it had fallen to 21st...

. The northeastern part of the county was transferred to L'Érable Regional County Municipality

L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Quebec

L'Érable is a Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the region is rural in nature and is located 50km southwest of Quebec City...

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