Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (, ''Abitibi West'') is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , 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 regional municipality. Regional county municipalit ...

located in the

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an 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 147,082 people as of the 2021 cens ...

region of

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. 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 ...

Subdivisions

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

* Macamic ;Municipalities (15) * Authier *

Authier-Nord Authier-Nord () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers and had a population of 288 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The municipality was formed on January 1, 1983, when it p ...

Chazel Chazel () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census. The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of ...

* Clerval * Dupuy *

Gallichan Gallichan () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 488 in the 2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census ...

* La Reine * Normétal *

Palmarolle Palmarolle () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 117.87 km2 and had a population of 1,386 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is considered to have the best agricultura ...

* Poularies *

Rapide-Danseur Rapide-Danseur () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 173.73 km2 and had a population of 380 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The municipality was incorporated on Jan ...

* Roquemaure *

Sainte-Germaine-Boulé Sainte-Germaine-Boulé () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers and had a population of 941 as of the 2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enume ...

* Taschereau *

Val-Saint-Gilles Val-Saint-Gilles () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality about north of La Sarre. It covers 109.39 km² and with a population of 169 in the 2021 Canadian census, it is the leas ...

;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 ha ...

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 ( CMXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May 27 – Simeon I, emperor (''tsar'') of the Bulgarian Empire, dies of heart failure in his palace at Preslav after a 34- ...

(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 of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – King Otto I invades the West Frankish Kingdom with an expeditionary force, but his armies are not strong enough ...

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

930 Year 930 ( CMXXX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is established at þingvellir ("Thing Fields"). Chieftains from various tribes gather for ...

(Macamic Ville) * Notre-Dame-des-pauvres Sanctuary (Dupuy) * Petit-Quatre Covered Bridge

950 Year 950 ( CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine War: A Hamdanid army (30,000 men) led by Sayf al-Dawla raids into Byzantine theme Anatolia. He defea ...

(Clermont) * Rang 11 School (Authier) * Rapide-Danseur Church (1942) (Rapide Danseur) * Sang-Neuf-Art Gallery (Palmarolle)

Protected areas

Aiguebelle National Park Aiguebelle National Park (, ) 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, Quebec, 100 km north west of Val ...

References

External links

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