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Rimouski-Neigette
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°20′N 68°40′W / 48.33°N 68.67°W / 48.33; -68.67
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Rimouski
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Francis Saint-Pierre
Area
• Total	2,946.10 km (1,137.50 sq mi)
• Land	2,715.17 km (1,048.33 sq mi)
Population
• Total	56,650
• Density	20.9/km (54/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	2.8%
• Dwellings	28,811
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcrimouskineigette.qc.ca

Rimouski-Neigette (French pronunciation: [ʁimuski nɛʒɛt]) is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is in Rimouski.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue Language – Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		55,595		54,900	2.6%	98.11%		375	8.7%	0.67%		165	13.8%	0.29%		515	53.7%	0.92%
2011		54,320		53,495	4.8%	98.48%		345	9.2%	0.64%		145	52.6%	0.27%		335	48.1%	0.62%
2006		52,170		51,050	1.1%	97.85%		380	40.7%	0.73%		95	35.7%	0.18%		645	344.8%	1.24%
2001		50,975		50,490	1.4%	99.05%		270	35.7%	0.53%		70	46.2%	0.14%		145	11.5%	0.28%
1996		51,895		51,215	n/a	98.69%		420	n/a	0.81%		130	n/a	0.25%		130	n/a	0.25%

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-232
  • R-234
• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Rimouski Seignory

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141044". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 100". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rimouski-Neigette, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
4. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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. "Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality (Code 2410) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
9. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

• Media related to Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM Saint Lawrence River Manicouagan RCM Saint Lawrence River Les Basques RCM Rimouski-Neigette RCM La Mitis RCM Témiscouata RCM Restigouche County, New Brunswick

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

• Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality