Rivière-du-Loup () 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
Bas-Saint-Laurent region of
Quebec
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, Canada. Its most important city is
Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
Major industries include
pulp and paper, other wood products,
peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...
products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".
Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
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Rivière-du-Loup
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Saint-Antonin
;Municipalities (9)
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Cacouna
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L'Isle-Verte
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Notre-Dame-du-Portage
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Saint-Cyprien
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Saint-Épiphane
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Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger
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Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
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Saint-Modeste
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Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix
;Parishes (2)
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Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
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Saint-Arsène
;Native Reserves (1)
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Kataskomiq
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
Regional county municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent
Census divisions of Quebec
Rivière-du-Loup
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