Abitibi Regional County Municipality
| Abitibi | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°34′N 78°00′W / 48.567°N 78.000°WCoordinates: 48°34′N 78°00′W / 48.567°N 78.000°W[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 |
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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)
- Municipalities (12)
- Townships (3)
- Parishes (1)
- Unorganized Territory (2)
Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
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| 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:[8]
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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)
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141126 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 3 4 Geographic code 880 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2488) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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