La Mitis
| La Mitis | |
|---|---|
| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°32′N 68°05′W / 48.53°N 68.08°WCoordinates: 48°32′N 68°05′W / 48.53°N 68.08°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Mont-Joli |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Michel Côté |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 2,538.80 km2 (980.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,279.22 km2 (880.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 18,942 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 2.2% |
| • Dwellings | 9,471 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website |
www |
La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.
The county seat is in Mont-Joli.
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
- Cities & Towns (2)
- Municipalities (6)
- Parishes (7)
- La Rédemption
- Saint-Charles-Garnier
- Saint-Donat
- Sainte-Flavie
- Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
- Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
- Saint-Octave-de-Métis
- Villages (1)
- Unorganized Territory (2)
Demographics
Population
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| Historical Census Data - La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1991 | 20,157 | — |
| 1996 | 20,160 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19,326 | −4.1% |
| 2006 | 19,365 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 18,942 | −2.2% |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
18,430 |
18,185 | 1.6% |
98.67% | 130 | 25.7% |
0.71% | 65 |  44.4% |
0.35% | 50 | 58.3% |
0.27% | |||||
| 2006 |
18,815 |
18,475 | 0.05% |
98.19% | 175 | 25.0% |
0.93% | 45 | 18.2% |
0.24% | 120 | 480.0% |
0.64% | |||||
| 2001 |
18,705 |
18,485 | 4.4% |
98.82% | 140 | 3.7% |
0.75% | 55 | 15.4% |
0.29% | 25 | 44.4% |
0.13% | |||||
| 1996 |
19,580 |
19,335 | n/a | 98.75% | 135 | n/a | 0.69% | 65 | n/a | 0.33% | 45 | n/a | 0.23% | |||||
Transportation
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
- Autoroutes
- Principal Highways
- Secondary Highways
- External Routes
- None
See also
- List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
- Seignory of Lac-Mitis
- Mitis Seignory
References
- ↑ Reference number 141090 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 090 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
Media related to La Mitis Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
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