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Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality is located in Northwestern Quebec. The Regional County Municipality Seat is La Sarre.

Table of contents
1 Communities
2 Highways
3 Protected Areas
4 Attractions and Other Areas
5 Demographics
6 Surrounding Counties

Communities


Towns
Duparquet
La Sarre
Macamic

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

Cantons
Clermont

Parishes
Macamic
Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg
Saint-Lambert

Villages
Taschereau

Unorganized Areas
Lac-Duparquet
Rivière-Ojima

Highways

Highways that run through Abitibi-Ouest are as follows:
Primary Highways: 101, 111
Secondary Highways: 388, 390, 393

Protected Areas

Parc quebecois d'Aiguebelle
Poste d'accueil Taschereau
Reserve faunique d'Aiguebelle

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)

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Population: 21,984
Population change (1996-2001): -6.7
Dwellings: 9,916
Area (sq. km): 3,333.41
Density (per sq. km.): 6.6
National rank in terms of population: 211
Provincial rank in terms of population: 68

Surrounding Counties

Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Jamésie Territory, Quebec
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Cochrane District, Ontario
Timiskaming District, Ontario


Regional County Municipalities of Quebec
Abitibi | Abitibi-Ouest | Acton | Antoine-Labelle | Argenteuil | Arthabaska | Asbestos | Avignon | Beauce-Sartigan | Beauharnois-Salaberry | Bécancour | Bellechasse | Bonaventure | Brome-Missisquoi | Caniapiscau | Charlevoix | Charlevoix-Est | Coaticook | D'Autray | Denis-Riverin | Deux-Montagnes | Drummond | Gatineau | Jamésie | Joliette | Kamouraska | Kativik | La Côte-de-Beaupré | La Côte-de-Gaspé | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | La Haute-Côte-Nord | La Haute-Yamaska | La Jacques-Cartier | Lajemmerais | La Matapédia | L'Amiante | La Mitis | La Nouvelle-Beauce | La Rivière-du-Nord | L'Assomption | Laval | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau | La Vallée-du-Richelieu | Le Bas-Richelieu | Le Domaine-du-Roy | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay | Le Granit | Le Haut-Richelieu | Le Haut-Saint-François | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | Le Haut-Saint-Maurice | L'Érable | Les Basques | Les Chenaux | Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais | Les Etchemins | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Les Jardins-de-Napierville | Les Laurentides | Les Maskoutains | Les Moulins | Les Pays-d'En-Haut | Le Val-Saint-François | Lévis | L'Île-d'Orleans | L'Islet | Longueuil | Lotbinière | Manicouagan | Maria-Chapdelaine | Maskinongé | Matane | Matawinie | Mékinac | Memphrémagog | Minganie | Mirabel | Montcalm | Montmagny | Montréal | Nicolet-Yamaska | Papineau | Pontiac | Portneuf | Québec | Rimouski-Neigette | Rivière-du-Loup | Robert-Cliche | Rocher-Percé | Rousillon | Rouville | Rouyn-Noranda | Saguenay | Sept-Rivières | Shawinigan | Sherbrooke | Témiscamingue | Témiscouata | Thérèse-de Blainville | Trois-Rivières | Vallée-de-l'Or | Vaudreuil-Soulanges