La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality
| La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau | |
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| Coordinates (7, rue de la Polyvalente, Gracefield): 46°05′26″N 76°03′13″W / 46.09056°N 76.05361°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais [1] |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1983 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 13,424.00 km2 (5,183.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 20,518 |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| • Change ~2001 | +9.5% |
| • Dwellings | 13,921 |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| Website | www.mrcvg.qc.ca |
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (The Valley of the Gatineau) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Gracefield. It is named for its location straddling the Gatineau River north of Low. It was incorporated on January 1, 1983.
It consists of two cities, fifteen municipalities, and five unorganized territories. The area also has two Algonquin communities, Kitigan Zibi, south of Maniwaki and Barriere Lake in the heart of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.
The territory of the Gatineau Valley is bordered to the south by the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality and to the east by the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.
[edit] Subdivisions
City
Municipalities
- Blue Sea
- Bois-Franc
- Bouchette
- Cayamant
- Déléage
- Denholm
- Egan-Sud
- Grand-Remous
- Kazabazua
- Lac-Sainte-Marie
- Messines
- Moncerf-Lytton
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
Cantons
Unorganized Areas
[edit] External links
- Statistics Canada
- Official website (in French)
- Gatineau Valley Tourism site
- Gatineau Valley Development agency
[edit] References
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Coordinates: 46°38′26.5″N 76°6′56.7″W / 46.640694°N 76.11575°W
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