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 ...

Subdivisions

There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) *

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 ...

Macamic Macamic is a ''ville'' in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 202.34 km² and had a population of 2,734 in the Canada 2011 Census. In addition to Macamic itself, the town's territory ...

;Municipalities (15) * Authier * Authier-Nord * Chazel * Clerval * Dupuy * Gallichan * La Reine * Normétal *

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 ...

* Poularies * Rapide-Danseur * Roquemaure * Sainte-Germaine-Boulé * Taschereau * Val-Saint-Gilles ;Parishes (2) * Sainte-Hélène-de-
Mancebourg * Saint-Lambert ;Townships (1) * Clermont ;Unorganized Territory (2) * Lac-Duparquet *

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

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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: * Autoroutes ** None * Primary Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** * External Routes **

Attractions and other areas

* Antoine Marsh (Roquemaure) * Calamite Covered Bridge

927 Year 927 (Roman numerals, CMXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May 27 – Simeon I of Bulgaria, Simeon I, emperor (''tsar'') of the Fi ...

(La Sarre) * Culture House (La Sarre) * Interpretation de la foresterie Centre (La Sarre) * La Salle Airport (Clermont) * Leclerc Covered Bridge

(La Sarre) * l'Ile Covered Bridge

946 Year 946 ( 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 invades the West Frankish Kingdom with an expeditionary force ...

(Clerval) * Joseph Berube Collection (Gallichan) * Molesworth Covered Bridge

930 Year 930 ( CMXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * 17 June (traditional date) – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is established at ...

(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 ...

References

External links

MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest
{{Authority control Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Census divisions of Quebec