Abitibi Regional County Municipality

Abitibi
Regional county municipality
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 km^2 (3,035.81 sq mi)
• Land	7,677.01 km^2 (2,964.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	24,354
• Density	3.2/km^2 (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	www.mrcabitibi.qc.ca

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)

• Amos

Municipalities (12)

• Barraute
• Berry
• Champneuf
• La Corne
• La Morandière
• La Motte
• Preissac
• Rochebaucourt
• Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire
• Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
• Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana
• Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville

Townships (3)

• Landrienne
• Launay
• Trécesson

Parishes (1)

• Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

Unorganized Territory (2)

• Lac-Chicobi
• Lac-Despinassy

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 25,334 —     1996 25,280 −0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 24,613 −2.6% 2006 24,275 −1.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 24,354 +0.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
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]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways Route 109 Route 111

Secondary Highways Route 386 Route 395 Route 397 Route 399

External Routes None

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

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141126 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 880 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2488) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map