La Matanie Regional County Municipality
| La Matanie | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°51′N 67°17′W / 48.850°N 67.283°WCoordinates: 48°51′N 67°17′W / 48.850°N 67.283°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Matane |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Pierre Thibodeau |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 3,380.00 km2 (1,305.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,319.08 km2 (1,281.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 21,786 |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 2.1% |
| • Dwellings | 11,656 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
La Matanie is a regional county municipality, located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, in Canada.From january 1 1982 to March 9, 2013, it was known as Matane.[4]
The county seat is the city of Matane.
Subdivisions
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
21,640 |
21,405 | 0.6% |
98.91% | 95 | 24.0% |
0.44% | 70 |  50.0% |
0.32% | 70 | 64.1% |
0.32% | |||||
| 2006 |
21,880 |
21,525 | 1.7% |
98.38% | 125 | 92.3% |
0.57% | 35 | 36.4% |
0.16% | 195 | 333.3% |
0.89% | |||||
| 2001 |
22,065 |
21,900 | 5.5% |
99.25% | 65 | 43.5% |
0.29% | 55 | 37.5% |
0.25% | 45 | 80.0% |
0.20% | |||||
| 1996 |
23,355 |
23,175 | n/a | 99.23% | 115 | n/a | 0.49% | 40 | n/a | 0.17% | 25 | n/a | 0.11% | |||||
Personalities
- Isabelle Boulay, born 6 at Sainte-Félicité
- Yves Sirois, born at Matane
- Josélito Michaud, born in 1965 at Matane
- Alain Côté, born at Matane
- Claude Picher, born at Québec died in 1998 at Saint-Léandre
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 416974 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2408) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "Modification aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. March 2013. ISSN 1715-6408.
- ↑ "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 2013-05-19.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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