Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Avignon Regional County Municipality is located in eastern Quebec, on the Gaspé peninsula, on Chaleur Bay. The regional county municipality seat is Nouvelle.

Contents 1 Communities 2 Highways 3 Attractions 4 Protected Areas 5 Demographics 6 Surrounding Counties

[edit] Communities

• Cities and Towns
  • Carleton
  • Saint-Omer

• Municipalities
  • Escuminac
  • L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
  • Maria
  • Nouvelle
  • Pointe-à-la-Croix
  • Saint-André-de-Restigouche

• Reserves
  • Gesgapegiag 2
  • Listuguj

• Cantons
  • Restigouche-Partie-Sud-Est

• Parishes
  • Matapédia
  • Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
  • Saint-François-d'Assise

• Unorganized Areas
  • Rivière-Nouvelle
  • Ruisseau-Ferguson

[edit] Highways

Highways that run through Avignon are as follows:

• Primary Highways: #132

[edit] Attractions

• Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
• Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
• Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)

[edit] Protected Areas

• Casualt ZEC
• Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Miguasha Provincial Park
• Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

[edit] Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

• Population: 15,286
• Population change (1996-2001): -4.0
• Dwellings: 7,093
• Area (km²): 3,486.55
• Density (per km²): 4.4
• National rank in terms of population: 250
• Provincial rank in terms of population: 88

[edit] Surrounding Counties

• La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Restigouche County, New Brunswick

Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)
Avignon | Bonaventure | La Côte-de-Gaspé | La Haute-Gaspésie | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Rocher-Percé | Neighbouring region: Bas-Saint-Laurent