Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality

Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (French pronunciation: [abitibi wɛst], Abitibi West) is a regional county municipality located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Its seat is La Sarre.^[2]

Abitibi-Ouest
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	La Sarre
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Daniel Rancourt
Area [2][3]
• Total	3,563.10 km2 (1,375.72 sq mi)
• Land	3,334.92 km2 (1,287.62 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	20,538
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	2.2%
• Dwellings	10,053
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrc.ao.ca
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Subdivisions

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (3) Duparquet La Sarre Macamic

Municipalities (15) Authier Authier-Nord Chazel Clerval Dupuy Gallichan La Reine Normétal Palmarolle Poularies Rapide-Danseur Roquemaure Sainte-Germaine-Boulé Taschereau Val-Saint-Gilles

Parishes (2) Sainte-Hélène-de- Mancebourg Saint-Lambert

Townships (1) Clermont

Unorganized Territory (2) Lac-Duparquet Rivière-Ojima

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Abitibi-Ouest community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	20,526 (-0.1% from 2016)	20,538 (-2.2% from 2011)	21,003 (+1.0% from 2006)
Land area	3,312.45 km2 (1,278.94 sq mi)	3,334.92 km2 (1,287.62 sq mi)	3,337.51 km2 (1,288.62 sq mi)
Population density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Median age	46.8 (M: 46.4, F: 48.0)	46.4 (M: 45.6, F: 47.3)	45.5 (M: 45.0, F: 45.9)
Private dwellings	10,082 (total)  9,233 (occupied)	10,053 (total)	9,698 (total)
Median household income	$67,500	$57,116	$48,589

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[6] 2011^[7]

Historical Census Data - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 24,109 —     1996 23,571 −2.2% 2001 21,984 −6.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 20,792 −5.4% 2011 21,003 +1.0% 2016 20,538 −2.2%
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Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality[8][3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		20,360		20,515	2.1%	98.62%		120	7.7%	0.63%		75	50.0%	0.37%		85	5.6%	0.42%
2011		20,785		20,515	1.7%	98.70%		130	8.3%	0.63%		50	11.1%	0.24%		90	30.8%	0.43%
2006		20,460		20,165	6.0%	98.56%		120	84.6%	0.59%		45	43.8%	0.22%		130	18.2%	0.63%
2001		21,695		21,440	7.1%	98.82%		65	18.8%	0.30%		80	45.5%	0.37%		110	266.7%	0.51%
1996		23,235		23,070	n/a	99.29%		80	n/a	0.34%		55	n/a	0.27%		30	n/a	0.13%

Transportation

Access Routes

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

Autoroutes None

Primary Highways R-101 R-111

Secondary Highways R-388 R-390 R-393

External Routes Highway 101

Attractions and other areas

• Antoine Marsh (Roquemaure)
• Calamite Covered Bridge [1927] (La Sarre)
• Culture House (La Sarre)
• Interpretation de la foresterie Centre (La Sarre)
• La Salle Airport (Clermont)
• Leclerc Covered Bridge [1927] (La Sarre)
• l'Ile Covered Bridge [1946] (Clerval)
• Joseph Berube Collection (Gallichan)
• Molesworth Covered Bridge [1930] (Macamic Ville)
• Notre-Dame-des-pauvres Sanctuary (Dupuy)
• Petit-Quatre Covered Bridge [1950] (Clermont)
• Rang 11 School (Authier)
• Rapide-Danseur Church (1942) (Rapide Danseur)
• Sang-Neuf-Art Gallery (Palmarolle)

Protected areas

Aiguebelle National Park

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec