Témiscamingue () 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 of western

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, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie. Though Témiscamingue borders

Pontiac Regional County Municipality Pontiac () is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Campbell's Bay is the county seat. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located in the neighbouring Les Collines-de-l'Outaoua ...

to the south, it is not practical to travel between the two within Quebec without taking a major detour north towards

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. The shorter route is to cross into

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Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the northern end of Lake Timiskaming where the Ottawa River enters into this lake. The mun ...

or Témiscaming and travel south on Highway 11, then east on Highway 17, before crossing back at

L'Isle-aux-Allumettes L'Isle-aux-Allumettes () is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists primarily of Allumette Island (in French ''Île aux Allumettes''), and also includes ...

Subdivisions

There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities and towns (3) *

Belleterre Belleterre () is a '' ville'' in western Quebec, Canada, in the MRC de Témiscamingue. History In 1930, prospector William Logan discovered gold near Mud Lake (now called Lake Guillet). This led to the establishment of the Belleterre Gold Min ...

* Témiscaming * Ville-Marie ;Municipalities (12) *

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* Duhamel-Ouest * Fugèreville * Kipawa * Laforce *

Laverlochère-Angliers Laverlochère-Angliers () is a Types of municipalities in Quebec, municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. History Laverlochère-Angliers was created on January 1, 2018, through the merger ...

Lorrainville Lorrainville () is a Types of municipalities in Quebec, municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. History The geographic township of Duhamel, created in 1877 (named after Joseph-Thomas Duha ...

* Moffet *

* Rémigny * Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues *

Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. History In 1881, the geographic township of Guigues was proclaimed, named in honour of Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigu ...

;Parishes (1) * Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre ;Townships (2) * Guérin * Nédélec ;United townships (1) * Latulipe-et-Gaboury ;Unorganized territory (2) * Laniel * Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue ;Indian reserve or settlement (4)
* Hunter's Point *

Kebaowek Kebaowek or Eagle Village First Nation - Kipawa Indian Reserve, is a First Nations reserve in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in C ...

Timiskaming First Nation Timiskaming (former official designation Timiskaming 19) is a First Nations reserve in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, just north of the head of Lake Timiskaming. It belongs to the Timiskaming First Nation, an Algonquin ...

* Winneway

Demographics

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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 ** **

References

External links

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Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec

Statistics Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Temiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Census divisions of Quebec