La Vallée-de-l'Or ''(The Golden Valley)'' 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 ...

in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern

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, Canada. The seat is in

Val-d'Or Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife ...

. It is named for its

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deposits in the

Harricana River The Harricana River (french: Rivière Harricana) (also known as Harricanaw River) is a river in western Quebec and northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is long, has a drainage area of , and has a mean discharge of . While 80% of its drainage area is ...

and Bell River valleys. Before October 11, 2003, it was known simply as Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Malartic *

Senneterre Senneterre is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The town's territory includes a vast undeveloped area stretching from the Bell River to the Mau ...

;Municipalities (2) * Belcourt *

Rivière-Héva Rivière-Héva is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality. History In 1935 as part of the Vautrin Settlement Pla ...

;Parishes (1) *

;Unorganized Territory (4) *

Lac-Granet Lac-Granet is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. Until July 6, 1996, Lac-Granet was a large unorgani ...

Lac-Metei Lac-Metei is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. It was formed on July 6, 1996, when most of the form ...

* Matchi-Manitou * Réservoir-Dozois ;Indian Settlement or Reserve (2)
*

Kitcisakik Kitcisakik or Grand-Lac Victoria Indian Settlement is an Indian settlement of the Kitcisakik Anicinape Community located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (wi ...

* Lac-Simon

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** None * Principal Highways ** ** ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** * External Routes ** None

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{{DEFAULTSORT:La Vallee-De-L'Or Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Census divisions of Quebec Val-d'Or