Avignon Regional County Municipality
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Avignon Regional County Municipality is located in eastern Quebec, Canada, in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. It is on the Gaspé peninsula along Baie des Chaleurs. The regional county municipality seat is Nouvelle. Its largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.
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[edit] Subdivisions
- Cities
- Municipalities
- Escuminac
- L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
- Maria
- Matapédia
- Nouvelle
- Pointe-à-la-Croix
- Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
- Saint-André-de-Restigouche
- Saint-François-d'Assise
- Township municipalities
- Unorganized territories
- First Nations Reserves
- (geographically within the RCM but administratively not part of it)
[edit] Highways
Route 132 is the primary highway that runs through Avignon.
[edit] Attractions
- Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
- Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
- Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)
[edit] Protected Areas
- Casualt ZEC
- Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Miguasha Provincial Park
- Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary
[edit] Demographics
(Statistics Canada, 2001)
- Population: 15,286
- Population change (1996-2001): −4.0
- Dwellings: 7,093
- Area (km²): 3,486.55
- Density (per km²): 4.4
- National rank in terms of population: 250
- Provincial rank in terms of population: 88
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[edit] References
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La Matapédia RCM | |
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| La Mitis RCM |  |
Bonaventure RCM | ||
 Avignon RCM  |
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| Restigouche County, New Brunswick |
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