Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality

Abitibi-Ouest
—  Regional county municipality  —
Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°10′W
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 km2 (1,375.72 sq mi)
• Land	3,337.51 km2 (1,288.62 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	21,003
• Density	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.0%
• Dwellings	9,698
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)	819
Website	www.mrc.ao.ca

Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (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:

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

(Statistics Canada, 2006)

• Population: 20,792
• Population change (2001-2006): -5.4
• Dwellings: 9,613
• Area (km²): 3,333.40
• Density (per km².): 6.2

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
  • Route 101
  • Route 111

• Secondary Highways
  • Route 388
  • Route 390
  • Route 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

Parc national d'Aiguebelle

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

External links

• MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest