Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (''The Fjord of the Saguenay
iver
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Geography, transport and economy
Part of the 43-square- ...
') 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
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 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 ...
, Canada. Its seat is
Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.
It is named for the
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
part of the
Saguenay River
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The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada.
It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. T ...
, protruding out of the
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...
into the southern section of the RCM. It is located adjacent to the city of
Saguenay and practically surrounds it. It has a land area of and a
Canada 2011 Census population of 20,465 inhabitants.
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay is one of the few regional county municipalities in Quebec that does not constitute its own
census division
Census divisions, in Canada and the United States of America, United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-lev ...
; instead, it is grouped with Saguenay as the single
census division of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord; the territory of the census division corresponds exactly to that of the old pre-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay regional county municipality.
Subdivisions
There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
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Saint-Honoré
;Municipalities (11)
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Bégin
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Ferland-et-Boilleau
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L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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Petit-Saguenay
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Rivière-Éternité
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Saint-Ambroise
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Saint-Charles-de-Bourget
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Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Saint-David-de-Falardeau is a municipality in Quebec
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Saint-Félix-d'Otis
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Saint-Fulgence
;Parishes (1)
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Sainte-Rose-du-Nord
;Unorganized Territory (3)
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Lac-Ministuk
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Lalemant
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Mont-Valin
History
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay was originally created in 1982, consisting mostly of the former historic
County of Chicoutimi except for a few Municipalities which were taken from parts of the
historic county of
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est. In 2002, the cities of
Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada.
It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
,
Jonquière
Jonquière (; ; 2021 population: 60,250) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saguenay River, near the borough of Chicoutimi.
History
Jonquière ...
,
La Baie
La Baie (French pronunciation: / la bɛ/, Quebec French pronunciation: / la be/) is one of three boroughs in the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was created during Quebec's municipal reorganization in 2002. From 1976 to 2001, it was know ...
and the surrounding area amalgamated and became the City of Saguenay at which point they separated from the RCM; the post-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay consists of the remainder of the original. After the departure of Saguenay, its largest community is the municipality of
Saint-Honoré, with a 2011 census population of 5257 inhabitants.
Transportation
Access Routes
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
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;External Routes
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See also
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References
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