Abitibi Regional County Municipality

For other uses, see Abitibi (disambiguation).

Abitibi Regional County Municipality (French pronunciation: [abitibi] ^ⓘ) is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The seat is Amos.^[2]

Abitibi
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°34′N 78°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	Amos
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jacques Riopel
Area [2][3]
• Total	7,862.70 km2 (3,035.81 sq mi)
• Land	7,677.01 km2 (2,964.11 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	24,639
• Density	3.2/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.2%
• Dwellings	11,374
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819
Website	www.mrcabitibi.qc.ca
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Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1) Amos

Municipalities (10) Barraute Berry Champneuf La Corne La Morandière-Rochebaucourt La Motte Preissac Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville

Townships (3) Landrienne Launay Trécesson

Parishes (1) Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

Unorganized Territory (2) Lac-Chicobi Lac-Despinassy

Indian Reserves (1) (not associated with RCM) Pikogan

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Abitibi community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	24,764 (+0.5% from 2016)	24,639 (+1.2% from 2011)	24,354 (+0.3% from 2006)
Land area	7,627.63 km2 (2,945.04 sq mi)	7,679.36 km2 (2,965.02 sq mi)	7,677.01 km2 (2,964.11 sq mi)
Population density	3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)	3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)	3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)
Median age	44 (M: 43.2, F: 44.4)	43.0 (M: 42.4, F: 43.7)	42.2 (M: 41.7, F: 42.7)
Private dwellings	11,784 (total)  10,941 (occupied)	11,374 (total)	11,109 (total)
Median household income	$76,000	$64,064	$54,465

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

Historical Census Data - Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1991 25,334 —     1996 25,280 −0.2% 2001 24,613 −2.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 24,275 −1.4% 2011 24,354 +0.3% 2016 24,639 +1.2%
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Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		24,400		23,690	1.4%	97.09%		235	9.3%	0.96%		70	0%	0.29%		405	8.0%	1.66%
2011		24,020		23,360	0.8%	97.25%		215	37.7%	0.90%		70	366.7%	0.29%		375	2.6%	1.56%
2006		23,915		23,170	1.9%	96.88%		345	53.3%	1.44%		15	75.0%	0.07%		385	4.1%	1.61%
2001		24,275		23,620	3.3%	97.30%		225	8.2%	0.93%		60	20.0%	0.25%		370	15.6%	1.52%
1996		25,050		24,435	n/a	97.54%		245	n/a	0.98%		50	n/a	0.20%		320	n/a	1.28%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[9]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways R-109 R-111

Secondary Highways R-386 R-395 R-397 R-399

External Routes None

Protected areas

• Aiguebelle National Park

Attractions and other areas

• Alphonse-Normadin Covered Bridge [1950] (Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire)
• Amos Airport (Trecesson)
• Exposition de la Maison de la culture Centre (Amos)
• Garde Dispensary (La Corne)
• Grazie Gadens (La Motte)
• l'Arche-de-Noe Covered Bridge [1937] (La Morandière-Rochebaucourt)
• l'Harricana Ferme d'autruches Slope (Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana)
• l'Original Covered Bridge [1942] (La Morandière-Rochebaucourt)
• Mont-Video (Barraute)
• Pageau Refuge (Amos)
• Poste Museum (Saint-Marc-de-Figuery)

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec