Les Basques RCM
Les Basques | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°WCoordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°W[1] | |
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Province |
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Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Effective | April 1, 1981 |
County seat | Trois-Pistoles |
Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Bertin Denis |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 1,130.70 km2 (436.57 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 9,142 |
• Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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• Dwellings | 5,144 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website |
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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.
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 RCM community profile | |||
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2011 | 2006 | ||
Population: | 9,142 (-3.5% from 2006) | 9,475 (-3.8% from 2001) | |
Land area: | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) | |
Population density: | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) | |
Median age: | 52.6 (M: 51.7, F: 53.5) | 48.4 (M: 47.3, F: 49.7) | |
Total private dwellings: | 5,144 | 5,121 | |
Median household income: | $42,510 | $34,859 | |
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] earlier[5] |
Historical Census Data - Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 % | |||||
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:[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141074 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 110 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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