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Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rivière-du-Loup is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
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Rivière-du-Loup | |
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Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°20′W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Rivière-du-Loup |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Michel Lagacé |
Area | |
• Total | 1,768.20 km2 (682.71 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,277.15 km2 (493.11 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 33,958 |
• Density | 26.6/km2 (69/sq mi) |
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• Dwellings | 17,019 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".