Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°54′N 69°20′W / 47.900°N 69.333°W / 47.900; -69.333^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatRivière-du-LoupGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectMichel LagacéArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total1,768.20 km² (682.71 sq mi) • Land1,277.15 km² (493.11 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total33,958 • Density26.6/km² (69/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

1.2% • Dwellings

17,019Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code(s)418 and 581Websitewww.riviereduloup.ca^[4]

Rivière-du-Loup is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.

Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.

The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2)

Municipalities (9)

Parishes (2)

Native Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM)

Kataskomiq

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Autoroutes
- A-20 (TCH)
- A-85 (TCH)

Principal Highways
- R-132
- R-185 (TCH)
- R-191

Secondary Highways
- R-232
- R-291
- R-293

External Routes
- None

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141043". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 120". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rivière-du-Loup, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
^ "Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality (Code 2412) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map