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Abitibi-Ouest
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W / 48.750°N 79.167°W / 48.750; -79.167
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	La Sarre
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Daniel Rancourt
Area
• Total	3,563.10 km (1,375.72 sq mi)
• Land	3,334.92 km (1,287.62 sq mi)
Population
• Total	20,538
• Density	6.2/km (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

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.

Subdivisions

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality
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:

Attractions and other areas

• Antoine Marsh (Roquemaure)
• Calamite Covered Bridge (La Sarre)
• Culture House (La Sarre)
• Interpretation de la foresterie Centre (La Sarre)
• La Salle Airport (Clermont)
• Leclerc Covered Bridge (La Sarre)
• l'Ile Covered Bridge (Clerval)
• Joseph Berube Collection (Gallichan)
• Molesworth Covered Bridge (Macamic Ville)
• Notre-Dame-des-pauvres Sanctuary (Dupuy)
• Petit-Quatre Covered Bridge (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

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141125". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 870". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Abitibi-Ouest, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
4. "Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (Code 2487) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
5. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
10. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

• MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Cochrane District, Ontario Jamésie TE Timiskaming District, Ontario Abitibi-Ouest RCM Abitibi RCM Rouyn-Noranda TE

v t e  Administrative divisions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue  (Region 08)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Témiscamingue Rouyn-Noranda Abitibi-Ouest Abitibi La Vallée-de-l'Or
Municipalities	Témiscaming Ville-Marie Belleterre Rouyn-Noranda Duparquet Macamic La Sarre Amos Val-d'Or Malartic Senneterre (V)
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Census divisions of Quebec