Abitibi Regional County Municipality

Abitibi
Regional county municipality

Coordinates: 48°34′N 78°00′W / 48.567°N 78.000°W / 48.567; -78.000Coordinates: 48°34′N 78°00′W / 48.567°N 78.000°W / 48.567; -78.000^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	Amos
Government^[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jacques Riopel
Area^[2]^[3]
• Total	7,862.70 km² (3,035.81 sq mi)
• Land	7,677.01 km² (2,964.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[3]
• Total	24,354
• Density	3.2/km² (8/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.3%
• Dwellings	11,109
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.mrcabitibi.qc.ca

Abitibi Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The seat is Amos.^[2]

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1)

Amos

Municipalities (12)

Townships (3)

Parishes (1)

Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

Unorganized Territory (2)

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Abitibi Regional County Municipality community profile

	2011	2006	2001

Population: Land area: Population density: Median age: Total private dwellings: Median household income:	24,354 (+0.3% from 2006) 7,677.01 km² (2,964.11 sq mi) 3.2/km² (8.3/sq mi) 42.2 (M: 41.7, F: 42.7) 11,109 $54,465	24,275 (-1.4% from 2001) 7,674.19 km² (2,963.02 sq mi) 3.2/km² (8.3/sq mi) 40.3 (M: 39.9, F: 40.6) 11,013 $46,804	24,613 (-2.6% from 1996) 7,673.53 km² (2,962.77 sq mi) 3.2/km² (8.3/sq mi) 37.1 (M: 36.7, F: 37.6) 9,998 $38,995

References: 2011^[3] 2006^[4] 2001^[5]

Historical Census Data - Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec^[6]

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	25,334	—
1996	25,280	−0.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	24,613	−2.6%
2006	24,275	−1.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
2011	24,354	+0.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec^[6]
Census	Total	French			English			French & English			Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2011	24,020	23,360	0.8%	97.25%	215	37.7%	0.90%	70	366.7%	0.29%	375	2.6%	1.56%
2006	23,915	23,170	1.9%	96.88%	345	53.3%	1.44%	15	75.0%	0.07%	385	4.1%	1.61%
2001	24,275	23,620	3.3%	97.30%	225	8.2%	0.93%	60	20.0%	0.25%	370	15.6%	1.52%
1996	25,050	24,435	n/a	97.54%	245	n/a	0.98%	50	n/a	0.20%	320	n/a	1.28%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[7]

Autoroutes
- None

Principal Highways
- Route 109
- Route 111

Secondary Highways

External Routes
- None

Protected areas

Parc national d'Aiguebelle

Attractions and other areas

Alphonse-Normadin Covered Bridge [1950] (Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire)
Amos Airport (Trecesson)
Exposition de la Maison de la culture Centre (Amos)
Garde Dispensary (La Corne)
Grazie Gadens (La Motte)
l'Arche-de-Noe Covered Bridge [1937] (Rochebaucourt)
l'Harricana Ferme d'autruches Slope (Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana)
l'Original Covered Bridge [1942] (Rochebaucourt)
Mont-Video (Barraute)
Pageau Refuge (Amos)
Poste Museum (Saint-Marc-de-Figuery)

References

↑ Reference number 141126 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Geographic code 880 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "(Code 2488) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

Jamésie TE

Abitibi-Ouest RCM

La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM

Abitibi RCM

Rouyn-Noranda TE