Avignon Regional County Municipality
| Avignon | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°06′N 66°51′W / 48.100°N 66.850°WCoordinates: 48°06′N 66°51′W / 48.100°N 66.850°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region |
Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Effective | March 18, 1981 |
| County seat | Nouvelle |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Bertrand Berger |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 3,479.40 km2 (1,343.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,486.51 km2 (1,346.15 sq mi) |
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| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 15,246 |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 4.1% |
| • Dwellings | 7,472 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website |
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Avignon is a regional county municipality located in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Nouvelle. Its largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.[2]
It is on the Gaspé peninsula along the Baie des Chaleurs.
Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:[2]
- Cities & Towns (1)
- Municipalities (9)
- Townships (1)
- Unorganized Territory (2)
- Native Reserves (2)
(not associated with RCM)
Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
15,050 |
11,675 |  2.3% |
77.57% | 2,555 | 51.6% |
16.98% | 115 | 91.7% |
0.76% | 705 | 1.4% |
4.68% | |||||
| 2006 |
14,415 |
11,955 | 0.8% |
82.93% | 1,685 | 25.4% |
11.69% | 60 | 40.0% |
0.42% | 715 | 3.4% |
4.96% | |||||
| 2001 |
14,960 |
11,860 | 6.6% |
79.28% | 2,260 | 14.7% |
15.10% | 100 | 25.0% |
0.67% | 740 | 8.6% |
4.95% | |||||
| 1996 |
15,560 |
12,700 | n/a | 81.62% | 1,970 | n/a | 12.66% | 80 | n/a | 0.51% | 810 | n/a | 5.21% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
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Attractions
- Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
- Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
- Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)
Protected Areas
- Casualt ZEC
- Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Miguasha Provincial Park
- Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141120 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Geographic code 060 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "(Code 2406) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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La Matapédia RCM | | ||
| La Mitis RCM |  |
Bonaventure RCM | ||
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Chaleur Bay Restigouche County, New Brunswick |
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