Rivière-du-Loup
Regional county municipality
Location of Rivière-du-Loup
Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°20′W / 47.900°N 69.333°W / 47.900; -69.333[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatRivière-du-Loup
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectMichel Lagacé
Area
[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
Decrease 1.2%
 • Dwellings
17,019
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.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]

Transportation

Access Routes

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141043". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 120". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rivière-du-Loup, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality (Code 2412) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  5. ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map




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