La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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La Mitis is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. Its seat is in Mont-Joli which is on the Saint Lawrence River. La Mitis is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the St. Lawrence. La Mitis is part of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

Population: 19,326
% Change (1996-2001): -4.1
Dwellings: 9,437
Area (km².): 2,279.18 km²
Density (persons per km².): 8.5

1 Communities

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[edit] Cities

[edit] Municipalities

Grand-Métis
Les Hauteurs
Padoue
Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
Sainte-Luce
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski

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La Rédemption
Saint-Charles-Garnier
Saint-Donat
Sainte-Flavie
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Saint-Octave-de-Métis

[edit] Unorganized territories

Lac-à-la-Croix
Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Bas-Saint-Laurent (Region 01)

Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census).

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	La Matapédia · Matane · La Mitis · Rimouski-Neigette · Les Basques · Rivière-du-Loup · Témiscouata · Kamouraska

Major¹ municipalities	Causapscal · Amqui · Matane · Métis-sur-Mer · Mont-Joli · Rimouski · Trois-Pistoles · Rivière-du-Loup · Dégelis · Notre-Dame-du-Lac · Cabano · Pohénégamook · Saint-Pascal · La Pocatière

Administrative divisions of Quebec