La Vallée-de-l'Or () 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 ...
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 in Northwestern
Quebec
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, Canada. The seat is in
Val-d'Or. It is named for its
gold
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deposits in the
Harricana River and
Bell River valleys.
History
Originally part of Abitibi RCM, it was created in April 1981 as Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The name, adjusted to La Vallée-de-l'Or on October 11, 2003, means "The Valley of Gold" and refers to the area at the sources of the Harricana River where the
Abitibi gold rush took place in the 1930s.
Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (3)
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Malartic
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Senneterre
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Val-d'Or
;Municipalities (2)
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Belcourt
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Rivière-Héva
;Parishes (1)
*
Senneterre
;Unorganized Territory (4)
*
Lac-Granet
*
Lac-Metei
*
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, Canada. It is geographically located within the territory of La Vallée-de- ...
*
Lac-Simon
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:
Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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* Autoroutes
** None
* Principal Highways
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* Secondary Highways
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* External Routes
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See also
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References
External links
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Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Census divisions of Quebec
Val-d'Or