Les Basques Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Les Basques (the Basques) is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Rimouski and Rivière-du-Loup.
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Les Basques | |
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Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Effective | April 1, 1981 |
County seat | Trois-Pistoles |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Bertin Denis |
Area | |
• Total | 1,130.70 km2 (436.57 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 8,694 |
• Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 4.9% |
• Dwellings | 5,185 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.