Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Avignon Regional County Municipality is located in eastern Quebec, on the Gaspé peninsula, along Baie des Chaleurs. The regional county municipality seat is Nouvelle. Its largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.

Contents 1 Communities 2 Highways 3 Attractions 4 Protected Areas 5 Demographics 6 Surrounding Counties 7 External links

[edit] Communities

• Cities and Towns
  • Carleton-sur-Mer

• Municipalities
  • Escuminac
  • L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
  • Maria
  • Nouvelle
  • Pointe-à-la-Croix
  • Saint-André-de-Restigouche

• Reserves
  • Gesgapegiag 2
  • Listuguj

• Cantons
  • Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est

• Parishes
  • Matapédia
  • Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
  • Saint-François-d'Assise

• Unorganized Areas
  • Rivière-Nouvelle
  • Ruisseau-Ferguson

[edit] Highways

Route 132 runs through Avignon.

[edit] Attractions

• Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
• Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
• Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)

[edit] Protected Areas

• Casualt ZEC
• Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Miguasha Provincial Park
• Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

[edit] Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

• Population: 15,286
• Population change (1996-2001): −4.0
• Dwellings: 7,093
• Area (km²): 3,486.55
• Density (per km²): 4.4
• National rank in terms of population: 250
• Provincial rank in terms of population: 88

[edit] Surrounding Counties

• La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec
• Restigouche County, New Brunswick

[edit] External links

• Municipalities and cities of Gaspé region

v • d • e  Administrative divisions of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine  (Region 11) Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census). Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Le Rocher-Percé · La Côte-de-Gaspé · La Haute-Gaspésie · Bonaventure · Avignon Major1 municipalities Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Percé · Grande-Rivière · Chandler · Gaspé · Murdochville · Sainte-Anne-des-Monts · Cap-Chat · Paspébiac · Bonaventure · New Richmond · Carleton-sur-Mer Administrative divisions of Quebec