La Mitis Regional County Municipality
Appearance
La Mitis | |
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Coordinates: 48°32′N 68°05′W / 48.53°N 68.08°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Mont-Joli |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Michel Côté |
Area | |
• Total | 2,538.80 km2 (980.24 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,279.22 km2 (880.01 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 18,942 |
• Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006–2011 | 2.2% |
• Dwellings | 9,471 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.
The county seat is in Mont-Joli.
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
- Cities & Towns (2)
- Municipalities (6)
- Parishes (7)
- La Rédemption
- Saint-Charles-Garnier
- Saint-Donat
- Sainte-Flavie
- Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
- Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
- Saint-Octave-de-Métis
- Villages (1)
- Unorganized Territory (2)
Demographics
Population
2011 | |
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Population | 18,942 (-2.2% from 2006) |
Land area | 2,279.22 km2 (880.01 sq mi) |
Population density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Median age | 48.0 (M: 47.3, F: 48.6) |
Private dwellings | 9,471 (total) |
Median household income | $42,351 |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 20,157 | — |
1996 | 20,160 | +0.0% |
2001 | 19,326 | −4.1% |
2006 | 19,365 | +0.2% |
2011 | 18,942 | −2.2% |
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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18,430
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18,185 | 1.6% | 98.67% | 130 | 25.7% | 0.71% | 65 | 44.4% | 0.35% | 50 | 58.3% | 0.27% | |||||
2006
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18,815
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18,475 | 0.05% | 98.19% | 175 | 25.0% | 0.93% | 45 | 18.2% | 0.24% | 120 | 480.0% | 0.64% | |||||
2001
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18,705
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18,485 | 4.4% | 98.82% | 140 | 3.7% | 0.75% | 55 | 15.4% | 0.29% | 25 | 44.4% | 0.13% | |||||
1996
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19,580
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19,335 | n/a | 98.75% | 135 | n/a | 0.69% | 65 | n/a | 0.33% | 45 | n/a | 0.23% |
Transportation
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
See also
- List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
- Seignory of Lac-Mitis
- Mitis Seignory
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141090". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
Media related to La Mitis Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons