Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (The Saguenay Fjord) is a Regional County Municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada in the region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. The seat is in the City of Saguenay which is actually a separate census division. The RCM is named for the fjord part of the Saguenay River, protruding out of the Saint Lawrence River into the southern section of the RCM. It was created in 1982, consisting mostly of the former County of Chicoutimi except for a few Municipalities which were taken from parts of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est County. In 2002, the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie and the surrounding area amalgamated and became the City of Saguenay at which point they separated from the RCM. The municipality has a land area of 40,232.01 km² (15,533.665 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 20,025 inhabitants. After the departure of Saguenay, its largest community is the municipality of Saint-Honoré, with a census population of 4,727 inhabitants.

[edit] Municipalities located in Le Fjord-du-Saguenay

Bégin
Ferland-et-Boilleau
Lac-Ministuk
Lalemant
L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Larouche
Mont-Valin
Petit-Saguenay
Rivière-Éternité
Saint-Ambroise
Saint-Charles-de-Bourget
Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Sainte-Rose-du-Nord
Saint-Félix-d'Otis
Saint-Fulgence
Saint-Honoré

[edit] Adjacent Census divisions

[edit] References

Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord Statistics Canada

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Region 02)

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

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Le Domaine-du-Roy · Maria-Chapdelaine · Lac-Saint-Jean-Est · Saguenay · Le Fjord-du-Saguenay

Major¹ municipalities	Roberval · Saint-Félicien · Dolbeau-Mistassini · Normandin · Desbiens · Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix · Alma · Saguenay

Administrative divisions of Quebec