Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Caniapiscau is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Fermont. It is located in the northwest corner of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. It has a land area of 70,389.37 km² (27,177.49 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 3,948 inhabitants, two-thirds of whom lived in its largest city of Fermont. The census grouped the municipality's territory with neighboring Sept-Rivières into a single census division.

Contents 1 Municipalities 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unorganized Territories 1.3 Indian reserves 1.4 Naskapi reserve land 2 Demographics 3 Adjacent census divisions 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Cities and towns

• Fermont Pop: 2,633
• Schefferville Pop: 202

[edit] Unorganized Territories

• Caniapiscau
• Lac-Juillet
• Lac-Vacher
• Rivière-Mouchalagane

[edit] Indian reserves

• Lac-John pop: 16
• Matimekosh pop: 528

[edit] Naskapi reserve land

• Kawawachikamach pop: 569

[edit] Demographics

• Land area: 70,389.37 km²
• Population: 3,948

[edit] Adjacent census divisions

• Nunavik
• Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Sept-Rivières
• Manicouagan
• Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
• Jamésie

[edit] References

• Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau Census Division, Quebec Statistics Canada

[edit] External links

• Official site

v • d • e  Administrative divisions of Côte-Nord  (Region 09) Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census). Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories La Haute-Côte-Nord · Manicouagan · Sept-Rivières · Caniapiscau · Minganie · Basse-Côte-Nord Major1 municipalities Forestville · Baie-Comeau · Sept-Îles · Port-Cartier · Fermont · Schefferville Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 52°52′16.4″N, 69°54′42.9″W