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La Mitis
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°32′N 68°05′W / 48.53°N 68.08°W / 48.53; -68.08
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Mont-Joli
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Michel Côté
Area
• Total	2,538.80 km (980.24 sq mi)
• Land	2,281.25 km (880.80 sq mi)
Population
• Total	18,210
• Density	8.0/km (21/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	3.9%
• Dwellings	9,692
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.lamitis.ca

La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.

The county seat is in Mont-Joli.

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		17,920		17,665	2.9%	98.58%		140	7.7%	0.78%		65	0.0%	0.36%		50	0.0%	0.28%
2011		18,430		18,185	1.6%	98.67%		130	25.7%	0.71%		65	44.4%	0.35%		50	58.3%	0.27%
2006		18,815		18,475	0.05%	98.19%		175	25.0%	0.93%		45	18.2%	0.24%		120	480.0%	0.64%
2001		18,705		18,485	4.4%	98.82%		140	3.7%	0.75%		55	15.4%	0.29%		25	44.4%	0.13%
1996		19,580		19,335	n/a	98.75%		135	n/a	0.69%		65	n/a	0.33%		45	n/a	0.23%

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

• Autoroutes
  • A-20
• Principal Highways
  • R-132
• Secondary Highways
  • R-234
  • R-298
• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Seignory of Lac-Mitis
• Mitis Seignory

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141090". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Mitis, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
4. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
7. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

Media related to La Mitis Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Manicouagan RCM Saint Lawrence River La Matanie RCM Rimouski-Neigette RCM La Mitis RCM La Matapédia RCM Restigouche County, New Brunswick Avignon RCM

v t e  Administrative divisions of Bas-Saint-Laurent  (Region 01)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	La Matapédia La Matanie La Mitis Rimouski-Neigette Les Basques Rivière-du-Loup Témiscouata Kamouraska
Municipalities	Causapscal Amqui Matane Métis-sur-Mer Mont-Joli Rimouski Trois-Pistoles Rivière-du-Loup Dégelis Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Pohénégamook Saint-Pascal La Pocatière
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• Regional county municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Census divisions of Quebec