La Matapédia Regional County Municipality
| La Matapédia | ||
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| Regional county municipality | ||
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| Coordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W / 48.300°N 67.567°WCoordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W / 48.300°N 67.567°W[1] | ||
| Country |
 Canada | |
| Province |
 Quebec | |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent | |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 | |
| County seat | Amqui | |
| Government[2] | ||
| • Type | Prefecture | |
| • Prefect | Chantale Lavoie | |
| • Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | |
| • Prov. riding | Matapédia | |
| Area[2][3] | ||
| • Total | 5,389.00 km2 (2,080.70 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 5,373.92 km2 (2,074.88 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[3] | ||
| • Total | 18,573 | |
| • Density | 3.5/km2 (9/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 3.3% | |
| • Dwellings | 9,116 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Website |
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La Matapédia is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Its seat is in Amqui. It is named after the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM.
La Matapédia was created on January 1, 1982, succeeding from the former Matapédia County Municipality. The region was subject to one of the last waves of colonization in Quebec, settled mostly by people from the Lower Saint-Lawrence between 1850 and 1950. It is a rural region in the Matapedia Valley crossed by the Notre Dame Mountains. Agriculture and logging, and its related industries (forestry and wood products), are the main economic activities.[1]
Subdivisions
There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
18,345 |
18,215 | 2.4% |
99.29% | 75 |  36.4% |
0.41% | 30 | 200.0% |
0.16% | 25 | 68.8% |
0.14% | |||||
| 2006 |
18,810 |
18,665 | 3.4% |
99.23% | 55 | 57.1% |
0.29% | 10 | 75.0% |
0.05% | 80 | 700.0% |
0.43% | |||||
| 2001 |
19,405 |
19,320 | 4.7% |
99.56% | 35 | 41.7% |
0.18% | 40 | 42.9% |
0.21% | 10 | 60.0% |
0.05% | |||||
| 1996 |
20,435 |
20,280 | n/a | 99.24% | 60 | n/a | 0.29% | 70 | n/a | 0.34% | 25 | n/a | 0.12% | |||||
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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See also
References
- 1 2 "La Matapédia (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- 1 2 3 "La Matapédia". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- 1 2 "La Matapédia census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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