Abitibi-Ouest | |
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| Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W / 48.750°N 79.167°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | La Sarre |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Daniel Rancourt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,563.10 km2 (1,375.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,334.92 km2 (1,287.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 20,538 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  2.2% |
| • Dwellings | 10,053 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Website | www |
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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
| Canada census – Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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| 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | |
| Population: | 20,538 (-2.2% from 2011) | 21,003 (+1.0% from 2006) | 20,792 (-5.4% from 2001) |
| Land area: | 3,334.92 km2 (1,287.62 sq mi) | 3,337.51 km2 (1,288.62 sq mi) | 3,333.40 km2 (1,287.03 sq mi) |
| Population density: | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Median age: | 46.4 (M: 45.6, F: 47.3) | 45.5 (M: 45.0, F: 45.9) | 42.9 (M: 42.5, F: 43.2) |
| Total private dwellings: | 10,053 | 9,698 | 9,613 |
| Median household income: | $57,116 | $48,589 | $41,559 |
| References: 2016[5] 2011[6] 2006[7] earlier[8] | |||
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Language
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| Census | Total | French | English | French & English | Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 | 20,360 | 20,515 | 2.1% | 98.62% | 120 | 7.7% | 0.63% | 75 |  50.0% | 0.37% | 85 | 5.6% | 0.42% | |||||
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:
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
Aiguebelle National Park
See also
- List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
- ^ Reference number 141125 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ a b c d Geographic code 870 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Abitibi-Ouest, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "(Code 2487) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census