Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (''English: Abitibi West'') is a
regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...
located in the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...
region of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. Its seat is
La Sarre
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 A ...
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Subdivisions
There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (3)
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Duparquet
Duparquet () is a ''ville'' in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers and had a population of 716 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
History
In 1912, a rich gold vein was discovered near Lake Duparquet by a prospector ...
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La Sarre
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 A ...
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Macamic
;Municipalities (15)
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Authier
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Authier-Nord
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Chazel
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Clerval
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Dupuy
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Gallichan
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La Reine
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Normétal
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Palmarolle
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 1,465 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is considered to have the best agricultural ...
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Poularies
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Rapide-Danseur
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Roquemaure
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Sainte-Germaine-Boulé
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Taschereau
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Val-Saint-Gilles
;Parishes (2)
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Sainte-Hélène-de-
Mancebourg
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Saint-Lambert
;Townships (1)
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Clermont
;Unorganized Territory (2)
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Lac-Duparquet
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Rivière-Ojima
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. The h ...
Demographics
Population
Language
Transportation
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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Attractions and other areas
* Antoine Marsh (Roquemaure)
* Calamite Covered Bridge
927(La Sarre)
* Culture House (La Sarre)
* Interpretation de la foresterie Centre (La Sarre)
* La Salle Airport (Clermont)
* Leclerc Covered Bridge
927(La Sarre)
* l'Ile Covered Bridge
946
Year 946 (Roman numerals, CMXLVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I invades the West Fr ...
(Clerval)
* Joseph Berube Collection (Gallichan)
* Molesworth Covered Bridge
930(Macamic Ville)
* Notre-Dame-des-pauvres Sanctuary (Dupuy)
* Petit-Quatre Covered Bridge
950
Year 950 ( CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Arab–Byzantine War: A Hamdanid army (30,000 men) led by Sayf al-Dawla raids int ...
(Clermont)
* Rang 11 School (Authier)
* Rapide-Danseur Church (1942) (Rapide Danseur)
* Sang-Neuf-Art Gallery (Palmarolle)
Protected areas
Aiguebelle National Park
Aiguebelle National Park ''(French: Parc national d'Aiguebelle)'' is a provincial park in Quebec, Canada. It is located in western Quebec in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region some 50 km north-east of Rouyn-Noranda, 50 km west of Amos, Qu ...
See also
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References
External links
MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest
{{Authority control
Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Census divisions of Quebec