Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (Abitibi West) is located in Northwestern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. The Regional County Municipality seat is La Sarre

La Sarre, Quebec

La Sarre is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, and is the most populous town and seat of the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It is located at the intersection of Routes 111 and 393, on the La Sarre River, a tributary of Lake Abitibi....

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Communities

• Cities and Towns
  • Duparquet
    Duparquet, Quebec
    Duparquet is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 157.4 km² and had a population of 650 in the Canada 2006 Census.-History:...
    
    
  • La Sarre
    La Sarre, Quebec
    La Sarre is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, and is the most populous town and seat of the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It is located at the intersection of Routes 111 and 393, on the La Sarre River, a tributary of Lake Abitibi....
    
    
  • Macamic
    Macamic, Quebec
    Macamic is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 191.95 km² and had a population of 2,838 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    

• Municipalities
  • Authier
    Authier, Quebec
    Authier is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 139.72 km² and had a population of 305 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    
  • Authier-Nord
    Authier-Nord, Quebec
    Authier-Nord is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 289.79 km² and had a population of 308 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1983....
    
    
  • Chazel
    Chazel, Quebec
    Chazel is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 134.57 km² and had a population of 320 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    
  • Clerval
    Clerval, Quebec
    Clerval is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 101.6 km² and had a population of 343 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    
  • Dupuy
    Dupuy, Quebec
    Dupuy is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 123.48 km² and had a population of 973 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on September 10, 1918.-Demographics:...
    
    
  • Gallichan
    Gallichan, Quebec
    Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River...
    
    
  • La Reine
    La Reine, Quebec
    La Reine is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the La Reine River in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers and had a population of 383 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    
  • Normétal
    Normétal, Quebec
    Normétal is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 55.89 km² and had a population of 981 in the Canada 2006 Census.-History:...
    
    
  • Palmarolle
    Palmarolle, Quebec
    Palmarolle is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 118.36 km² and had a population of 1,446 in the Canada 2006 Census. It is considered to have the best agricultural land of the entire Abitibi region.-History:The area began...
    
    
  • Poularies
    Poularies, Quebec
    Poularies is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 164.95 km² and had a population of 736 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on May 7, 1924.-Demographics:...
    
    
  • Rapide-Danseur
    Rapide-Danseur, Quebec
    Rapide-Danseur is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 185.18 km² and had a population of 300 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1981....
    
    
  • Roquemaure
    Roquemaure, Quebec
    Roquemaure is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 121.67 km² and had a population of 432 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1952.-Demographics:Population trend:...
    
    
  • Saint-Germaine-Boulé
    Sainte-Germaine-Boulé, Quebec
    Sainte-Germaine-Boulé is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers and had a population of 963 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1954.-Demographics:...
    
    
  • Taschereau
    Taschereau, Quebec
    Taschereau is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 265.62 km² and had a population of 1,004 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on December 27, 2001....
    
    
  • Val-Saint-Gilles
    Val-Saint-Gilles, Quebec
    Val-Saint-Gilles is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality about north of La Sarre. It covers 110.54 km² and with a population of 154 in the Canada 2006 Census, it is the least populous incorporated municipality in the regional...
    
    

• Township Municipalities
  • Clermont
    Clermont, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
    Clermont is a township in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 155.89 km² and had a population of 560 in the Canada 2006 Census...
    
    

• Parish Municipalities
  • Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg
    Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg, Quebec
    Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg is a parish municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 68.29 km² and had a population of 362 in the Canada 2006 Census.The township was incorporated on May 10, 1941....
    
    
  • Saint-Lambert
    Saint-Lambert Parish, Quebec
    Saint-Lambert is a parish municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 101.76 km² and had a population of 236 in the Canada 2006 Census.The municipality was incorporated on May 14, 1938....
    
    

• Unorganized Areas
  • Lac-Duparquet
    Lac-Duparquet, Quebec
    Lac-Duparquet is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of two unorganized territories in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality but the only one without a permanent population. It is located between Duparquet Lake and the Quebec/Ontario...
    
    
  • Rivière-Ojima
    Rivière-Ojima, Quebec
    Rivière-Ojima is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, separated by the municipality of Authier-Nord...
    
    

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

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)

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

• Autoroutes
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• Primary Highways

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• Secondary Highways

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• External Routes

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Bordering counties

External links

• MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest