Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality
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| Caniapiscau | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
| Location of Caniapiscau | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Fermont |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Mme Lise Pelletier |
| Area[2][3][4] | |
| • Total | 79,253.60 km2 (30,599.99 sq mi) |
| • Land | 70,389.38 km2 (27,177.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3][4] | |
| • Total | 4,260 |
| • Density | 0.06/km2 (0.2/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  7.9% |
| • Dwellings | 1,953 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Caniapiscau is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Fermont.
The census groups Caniapiscau RCM with neighbouring Sept-Rivières into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the Canada 2011 Census, the combined population was 39,500. The population of Caniapiscau RCM itself was 4260,[4] about two-thirds of whom live in its largest city of Fermont.
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Subdivisions
There are 6 subdivisions and 3 native reserves within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
- Land area: 70,389.37 km²
- Population: 4,260
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
- ↑ Reference number 141113 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 972 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Derived indirectly from Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Caniapiscau, Fermont, Kawawachikamach, Lac-John, Lac-Juillet, Lac-Vacher, Matimekosh, Rivière-Mouchalagane and Schefferville census subdivisions.
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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