Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality

Abitibi-Ouest
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W / 48.750°N 79.167°WCoordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W / 48.750°N 79.167°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	La Sarre
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Daniel Rancourt
Area[2][3]
• Total	3,563.10 km^2 (1,375.72 sq mi)
• Land	3,337.51 km^2 (1,288.62 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	21,003
• Density	6.3/km^2 (16/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.0%
• Dwellings	9,698
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.mrc.ao.ca

Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (Abitibi West) is a regional county municipality located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Its seat is La Sarre.^[2]

Subdivisions

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3)

• Duparquet
• La Sarre
• Macamic

Municipalities (15)

• Authier
• Authier-Nord
• Chazel
• Clerval
• Dupuy
• Gallichan
• La Reine
• Normétal
• Palmarolle
• Poularies
• Rapide-Danseur
• Roquemaure
• Sainte-Germaine-Boulé
• Taschereau
• Val-Saint-Gilles

Parishes (2)

• Sainte-Hélène-de-
  Mancebourg
• Saint-Lambert

Townships (1)

• Clermont

Unorganized Territory (2)

• Lac-Duparquet
• Rivière-Ojima

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 24,109 —     1996 23,571 −2.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 21,984 −6.7% 2006 20,792 −5.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 21,003 +1.0%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		20,785		20,515	1.7%	98.70%		130	8.3%	0.63%		50	11.1%	0.24%		90	30.8%	0.43%
2006		20,460		20,165	6.0%	98.56%		120	84.6%	0.59%		45	43.8%	0.22%		130	18.2%	0.63%
2001		21,695		21,440	7.1%	98.82%		65	18.8%	0.30%		80	45.5%	0.37%		110	266.7%	0.51%
1996		23,235		23,070	n/a	99.29%		80	n/a	0.34%		55	n/a	0.27%		30	n/a	0.13%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

Autoroutes None

Primary Highways Route 101 Route 111

Secondary Highways Route 388 Route 390 Route 393

External Routes Highway 101

Attractions and other areas

• Antoine Marsh (Roquemaure)
• Calamite Covered Bridge [1927] (La Sarre)
• Culture House (La Sarre)
• Interpretation de la foresterie Centre (La Sarre)
• La Salle Airport (Clermont)
• Leclerc Covered Bridge [1927] (La Sarre)
• l'Ile Covered Bridge [1946] (Clerval)
• Joseph Berube Collection (Gallichan)
• Molesworth Covered Bridge [1930] (Macamic Ville)
• Notre-Dame-des-pauvres Sanctuary (Dupuy)
• Petit-Quatre Covered Bridge [1950] (Clermont)
• Rang 11 School (Authier)
• Rapide-Danseur Church (1942) (Rapide Danseur)
• Sang-Neuf-Art Gallery (Palmarolle)

Protected areas

Parc national d'Aiguebelle

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141125 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 870 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2487) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

• MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest