Rivière-du-Loup | |
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| Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°20′W / 47.900°N 69.333°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Michel Lagacé |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,768.20 km2 (682.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,277.15 km2 (493.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 33,958 |
| • Density | 26.6/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 17,019 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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Rivière-du-Loup is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".
Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
See also
- List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
- ^ Reference number 141043 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ a b c Geographic code 120 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rivière-du-Loup, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "(Code 2412) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map