Les Basques Regional County Municipality
Les Basques (the Basques) is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Rimouski and Rivière-du-Loup.
Les Basques | |
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Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Effective | April 1, 1981 |
County seat | Trois-Pistoles |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Bertin Denis |
Area | |
• Total | 1,130.70 km2 (436.57 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 8,694 |
• Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | |
• Dwellings | 5,185 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.
Subdivisions
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – Les Basques Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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2016 | 2011 | 2006 | |
Population: | 8,694 (-4.9% from 2011) | 9,142 (-3.5% from 2006) | 9,475 (-3.8% from 2001) |
Land area: | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) |
Population density: | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
Median age: | 55.6 (M: 55.1, F: 56.1) | 52.6 (M: 51.7, F: 53.5) | 48.4 (M: 47.3, F: 49.7) |
Total private dwellings: | 5,185 | 5,144 | 5,121 |
Median household income: | $44,809 | $42,510 | $34,859 |
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7] |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
8,580 |
8,530 | 99.42% | 30 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.12% | |||||||||
2011 |
9,055 |
8,980 | 99.17% | 50 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.06% | |||||||||
2006 |
9,125 |
8,970 | 98.30% | 15 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 1.53% | |||||||||
2001 |
9,580 |
9,545 | 99.64% | 25 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.10% | |||||||||
1996 |
9,920 |
9,805 | n/a | 98.84% | 95 | n/a | 0.96% | 20 | n/a | 0.20% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
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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References
- Reference number 141074 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 110 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Basques, 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 2013-05-25.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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