La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec
La Matapédia is a Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula.
It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The seat is in Amqui. It is named for the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM. La Matapedia was created on January 1, 1982. Population 19,994.
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Municipalities
Village
Parishes
Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
- Creation: January 1, 1965
- Area: 92,98 km²
- Population: 313 (2006)
- Mayor: Jean-Marc Roy
- Councillors: Aubin Jomphe, Germain Lamarre, Gilbert Leclerc, Jean-Louis Paquet, Nelson Pilote, Gilles Roussel
Saint-Cléophas
- Creation: May 19, 1921
- Area: 97,46 km²
- Population: 426 (2006)
- Mayor: Lise Dompierre
- Councillors: Marcel Bélanger, Stéphane Boulanger, Daniel Charest, Bruno Gauvin, Michel Santerre, Julie Turcotte
Saint-Damase
- Creation: December 31, 1885
- Area: 117,43 km²
- Population: 429 (2006)
- Mayor: Bertrand Lavoie
- Councillors: Marjolaine Dubé-D'Astous, France Gagné, Chantal Gendron, Herman Gendron, Roger Paquet, Viateur Robichaud
Sainte-Irène
- Creation: January 1, 1953
- Area: 134,03 km²
- Population: 318 (2006)
- Mayor: Alain Duchemin
- Councillors: Sylvie Chenel, Huguette Desjardins, Michel Garneau, Mario Jean, Dany Lavoie, Hervé St-Onge
Saint-Léon-le-Grand
- Creation: August 12, 1903
- Area: 127,73 km²
- Population: 1 111 (2006)
- Mayor: Michel McNicoll
- Councillors: Jéonard Barrette, Pierrette Barrette, Louisette Bérubé, Suzanne Ouellet, Gabriel St-Laurent, Aubert Turcotte
Saint-Moïse
- Creation: January 1, 1978
- Area: 106,83 km²
- Population: 659 (2006)
- Mayor: Paul Lepage
- Councillors: Nancy Côté, Dany Fillion, Robert Gagné, Clément Harvey, Jean Plourde, Jean-Claude Robichaud
Saint-Tharcisius
- Creation: December 4, 1937
- Area: 79,61 km²
- Population: 510 (2006)
- Mayor: Rita Rioux
- Councillors: Hélène Brochu, Cécile Caouette, Francis Chenel, Guylaine D'Amours, Denis Lavoie, Michel Ricard
Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui
- Creation: April 28, 1920
- Area: 112,97 km²
- Population: 427 (2006)
- Mayor: Réginald Duguay
- Councillors: Jean-Louis Arsenault, Edouard Boucher, Gino Canuel, Gérard Carré, Normand Hewley, Ginette Pelletier
Unorganized territories
Lac-Alfred
- Creation: January 1, 1986
- Area: 76,03 km²
- Population: (2006)
- There is no municipal administration
Lac-Casault
- Creation:
- Area: 1 472,54 km²
- Population: 2 (2006)
- There is no municipal administration
Lac-Matapédia
- Creation:
- Area: 126,67 km²
- Population: 2 (2006)
- There is no municipal administration
Rivière-Patapédia-Est
- Creation: January 1. 1986
- Area: 15,51 km²
- Population: (2006)
- There is no municipal administration
Rivière-Vaseuse
- Creation: January 1, 1986
- Area: 273,49 km²
- Population: (2006)
- There is no municipal administration
Routhierville
- Creation:
- Area: 643,36 km²
- Population: 26 (2006)
- There is no municipal administration
Ruisseau-des-Mineurs
- Creation: January 1, 1986
- Area: 834,17 km²
- Population: (2006)
- There is no municipal administration