Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Rivière-du-Loup is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population of the region.
Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf"
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- Population: 31,826
- % Change (1996-2001): -0.9
- Dwellings: 14,723
- Area (km².): 1,273.26 km²
- Density (persons per km².): 25.0
[edit] Communities
- Rivière-du-Loup
- L'Isle-Verte
- Saint-Cyprien
- Saint-Épiphane
- Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger
- Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
- Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna
- Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
- Notre-Dame-du-Portage
- Saint-Antonin
- Saint-Arsène
- Saint-Modeste
- Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix
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Les Basques | Kamouraska | Matane | La Matapédia | La Mitis | Rimouski-Neigette | Rivière-du-Loup | Témiscouata Neighbouring regions: Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Chaudière-Appalaches |
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