Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

Sept-Rivières
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 50°08′N 66°37′W / 50.133°N 66.617°W / 50.133; -66.617Coordinates: 50°08′N 66°37′W / 50.133°N 66.617°W / 50.133; -66.617[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
Effective March 18, 1981
County seat Sept-Îles
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Serge Lévesque
Area[2][3][4]
 • Total 32,571.60 km2 (12,575.97 sq mi)
 • Land 30,469.17 km2 (11,764.21 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3][4]
 • Total 35,240
 • Density 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.5%
 • Dwellings 16,065
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.mrc.septrivieres.qc.ca

Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.

The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality RCM into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the Canada 2011 Census, the combined population was 39,500. The population of Sept-Rivières RCM itself was 35,240;[4] the vast majority live in the city of Sept-Îles.

Geography

Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord. It is bordered by the regional county municipalities of Manicouagan, Caniapiscau, and Minganie, as well as by the southwest corner of Labrador and by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is mostly covered by the Laurentian mountains. It is a very sparsely populated and undeveloped region with its population highly concentrated along the coast, mostly at Sept-Îles (about three-fourths of the population).

It allegedly takes its name from 7 major rivers that join the Saint Lawrence within the territory: Moisie, Sainte-Marguerite, Trinité, Pentecôte, aux Rochers, Pigou and Manitou. But neither the Trinité River nor the Pigou River reaches the Saint Lawrence within the limits of the regional county municipality, and many other rivers could be amongst those "seven rivers".

Subdivisions

There are 4 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns
Unorganized territories
Native Reserves
(not associated with RCM)

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]

  • Autoroutes
    • None

  • Secondary Highways
    • None
  • External Routes
    • None

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 141179 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 971 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2497) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Derived indirectly from Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Lac-Walker, Maliotenam, Port-Cartier, Rivière-Nipissis, Sept-Îles and Uashat census subdivisions.
  5. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Caniapiscau RCM Division No. 10 Newfoundland and Labrador
Manicouagan RCM Minganie RCM
   Sept-Rivières RCM  
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
La Matanie RCM		 Gulf of Saint Lawrence
La Haute-Gaspésie RCM


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