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.
Rivière-du-Loup | |
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| Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°20′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| 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) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  1.2% |
| • 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".
Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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See also
References
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