Manicouagan () 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

Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (Region 09) (, ; ) is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula, Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ...

region of

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, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

with its seat in

Baie-Comeau Baie-Comeau () is a city in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, and is the seat of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality. It is near the mouth of the Manicouagan Ri ...

. It was created in 1981, and named after the

Manicouagan River The Manicouagan or Manicuagan River, often clipped to Manic, is a river in Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The river originates in the Manicouagan Reservoir and flows approximately south, emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Baie- ...

Subdivisions

There are 9 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) *

;Municipalities (1) * Franquelin ;Parishes (1) * Ragueneau ;Villages (5) * Baie-Trinité *

Chute-aux-Outardes Chute-aux-Outardes () is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Outardes River. It is about south-west of Baie-Comeau along Route 138. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ch ...

Godbout Godbout () is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Godbout River on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Godbout is accessible via Quebec Route 138 and by ferry from Matane. ...

Pointe-aux-Outardes Pointe-aux-Outardes () is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, on the southern point of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers. The place is named after a piece of land that juts out into the ...

Pointe-Lebel Pointe-Lebel () is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory makes up the western half of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers. Demographics In the 2021 C ...

;Unorganized Territory (1) * Rivière-aux-Outardes ;Native Reserves (1)
(not associated with RCM) *

Pessamit Pessamit (formerly Betsiamites, or Bersimis), is a First Nations reserve and Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located about southwest from Baie-Comeau along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Betsi ...

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:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** None * Principal Highways ** * Secondary Highways ** * External Routes ** None

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* {{authority control Regional county municipalities in Côte-Nord Census divisions of Quebec Baie-Comeau