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
Quebec
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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
Quebec Route 117
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. The shorter route is to cross into
Ontario
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at
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)
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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 ...
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Témiscaming
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Ville-Marie
;Municipalities (12)
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Béarn
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Duhamel-Ouest
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Fugèreville
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Kipawa
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Laforce
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Moffet
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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 ...
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Rémigny
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Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
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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)
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Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre
;Townships (2)
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Guérin
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Nédélec
;United townships (1)
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Latulipe-et-Gaboury
;Unorganized territory (2)
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Laniel
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Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue
;Indian reserve or settlement (4)
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Hunter's Point
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Kebaowek
Kebaowek or Eagle Village First Nation - Kipawa Indian Reserve, is a First Nations reserve in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
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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 ...
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Winneway
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
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* 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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Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec
Statistics Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Temiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Regional county municipalities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Census divisions of Quebec