La Mitis Regional County Municipality
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.
La Mitis | |
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Coordinates: 48.53°N 68.08°W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
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 | 2,281.25 km2 (880.80 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 18,210 |
• Density | 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Change 2011–2016 | |
• Dwellings | 9,692 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
The county seat is in Mont-Joli.
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
- Cities & Towns (2)
- Municipalities (6)
- Grand-Métis
- Les Hauteurs
- Padoue
- Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
- Sainte-Luce
- Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
- 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
Canada census – La Mitis Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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2016 | 2011 | 2006 | |
Population: | 18,210 (-3.9% from 2011) | 18,942 (-2.2% from 2006) | 19,365 (+0.2% from 2001) |
Land area: | 2,281.25 km2 (880.80 sq mi) | 2,279.22 km2 (880.01 sq mi) | 2,279.18 km2 (880.00 sq mi) |
Population density: | 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi) | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
Median age: | 49.5 (M: 49.0, F: 50.1) | 48.0 (M: 47.3, F: 48.6) | 45.0 (M: 44.6, F: 45.3) |
Total private dwellings: | 9,692 | 9,471 | 9,452 |
Median household income: | $48,996 | $42,351 | $37,391 |
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7] |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][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 |
17,920 |
17,665 | 98.58% | 140 | 0.78% | 65 | 0.36% | 50 | 0.28% | |||||||||
2011 |
18,430 |
18,185 | 98.67% | 130 | 0.71% | 65 | 0.35% | 50 | 0.27% | |||||||||
2006 |
18,815 |
18,475 | 98.19% | 175 | 0.93% | 45 | 0.24% | 120 | 0.64% | |||||||||
2001 |
18,705 |
18,485 | 98.82% | 140 | 0.75% | 55 | 0.29% | 25 | 0.13% | |||||||||
1996 |
19,580 |
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:[9]
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See also
References
- Reference number 141090 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 090 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Mitis, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
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