Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality
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]
Abitibi-Ouest | |
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Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 10,053 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Website | www |
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Subdivisions
There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
- Cities & Towns (3)
- Municipalities (15)
- Parishes (2)
- Townships (1)
- Unorganized Territory (2)
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
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality[9][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ![]() |
98.62% | 120 | ![]() |
0.63% | 75 | ![]() |
0.37% | 85 | ![]() |
0.42% | |||||
2011 |
20,785 |
20,515 | ![]() |
98.70% | 130 | ![]() |
0.63% | 50 | ![]() |
0.24% | 90 | ![]() |
0.43% | |||||
2006 |
20,460 |
20,165 | ![]() |
98.56% | 120 | ![]() |
0.59% | 45 | ![]() |
0.22% | 130 | ![]() |
0.63% | |||||
2001 |
21,695 |
21,440 | ![]() |
98.82% | 65 | ![]() |
0.30% | 80 | ![]() |
0.37% | 110 | ![]() |
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
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
References
- Reference number 141125 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 870 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "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.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
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