Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality

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Abitibi-Ouest
Regional county municipality
Location of Abitibi-Ouest
Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W / 48.750°N 79.167°W / 48.750; -79.167Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W / 48.750°N 79.167°W / 48.750; -79.167[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective January 1, 1982
County seat La Sarre
Government[2]
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Daniel Rancourt
Area[2][3]
 • Total 3,563.10 km2 (1,375.72 sq mi)
 • Land 3,337.51 km2 (1,288.62 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 21,003
 • Density 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.0%
 • Dwellings 9,698
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819
Website www.mrc.ao.ca

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[edit]

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (3)
Municipalities (15)
Parishes (2)
Townships (1)
Unorganized Territory (2)

Demographics[edit]

Population[edit]

Canada census – Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality community profile
  2011 2006 2001

Population:
Land area:
Population density:
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Median household income:

21,003 (+1.0% from 2006)
3,337.51 km2 (1,288.62 sq mi)
6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
45.5 (M: 45.0, F: 45.9)
9,698
$48,589

20,792 (-5.4% from 2001)
3,333.40 km2 (1,287.03 sq mi)
6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
42.9 (M: 42.5, F: 43.2)
9,613
$41,559

21,984 (-6.7% from 1996)
3,333.41 km2 (1,287.04 sq mi)
6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
39.2 (M: 39.0, F: 39.4)
9,916
$35,793
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] 2001[5]
Historical Census Data - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6]
Year Pop. ±%
1991 24,109 —    
1996 23,571 −2.2%
Year Pop. ±%
2001 21,984 −6.7%
2006 20,792 −5.4%
Year Pop. ±%
2011 21,003 +1.0%

Language[edit]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality[6]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
20,785
 20,515 Increase 1.7% 98.70% 130 Increase 8.3% 0.63% 50 Increase 11.1% 0.24% 90 Decrease 30.8% 0.43%
2006
20,460
 20,165 Decrease 6.0% 98.56% 120 Increase 84.6% 0.59% 45 Decrease 43.8% 0.22% 130 Increase 18.2% 0.63%
2001
21,695
 21,440 Decrease 7.1% 98.82% 65 Decrease 18.8% 0.30% 80 Increase 45.5% 0.37% 110 Increase 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[edit]

Access Routes[edit]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

Attractions and other areas[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Parc national d'Aiguebelle

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reference number 141125 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ^ a b c d Geographic code 870 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ^ a b c "(Code 2487) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "cp2011" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
  5. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
  6. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links[edit]

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Ontario Cochrane District, Ontario Jamésie TE
Ontario Timiskaming District, Ontario Abitibi RCM
  Abitibi-Ouest RCM  
Rouyn-Noranda TE
Quebec Administrative divisions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue  (Region 08)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities
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