La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Matapédia is a Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula.

It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The seat is in Amqui. It is named for the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM. La Matapedia was created on January 1, 1982. Population 19,994.

Communities

Cities

• Amqui
• Causapscal

Municipalities

• Albertville
• Lac-au-Saumon
• Sainte-Florence
• Sainte-Marguerite
• Saint-Vianney
• Sayabec
• Val-Brillant

Village

• Saint-Noël

Parishes

Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs

• Creation: January 1, 1965
• Area: 92,98 km²
• Population: 313 (2006)
• Mayor: Jean-Marc Roy
• Councillors: Aubin Jomphe, Germain Lamarre, Gilbert Leclerc, Jean-Louis Paquet, Nelson Pilote, Gilles Roussel

Saint-Cléophas

• Creation: May 19, 1921
• Area: 97,46 km²
• Population: 426 (2006)
• Mayor: Lise Dompierre
• Councillors: Marcel Bélanger, Stéphane Boulanger, Daniel Charest, Bruno Gauvin, Michel Santerre, Julie Turcotte

Saint-Damase

• Creation: December 31, 1885
• Area: 117,43 km²
• Population: 429 (2006)
• Mayor: Bertrand Lavoie
• Councillors: Marjolaine Dubé-D'Astous, France Gagné, Chantal Gendron, Herman Gendron, Roger Paquet, Viateur Robichaud

Sainte-Irène

• Creation: January 1, 1953
• Area: 134,03 km²
• Population: 318 (2006)
• Mayor: Alain Duchemin
• Councillors: Sylvie Chenel, Huguette Desjardins, Michel Garneau, Mario Jean, Dany Lavoie, Hervé St-Onge

Saint-Léon-le-Grand

• Creation: August 12, 1903
• Area: 127,73 km²
• Population: 1 111 (2006)
• Mayor: Michel McNicoll
• Councillors: Jéonard Barrette, Pierrette Barrette, Louisette Bérubé, Suzanne Ouellet, Gabriel St-Laurent, Aubert Turcotte

Saint-Moïse

• Creation: January 1, 1978
• Area: 106,83 km²
• Population: 659 (2006)
• Mayor: Paul Lepage
• Councillors: Nancy Côté, Dany Fillion, Robert Gagné, Clément Harvey, Jean Plourde, Jean-Claude Robichaud

Saint-Tharcisius

• Creation: December 4, 1937
• Area: 79,61 km²
• Population: 510 (2006)
• Mayor: Rita Rioux
• Councillors: Hélène Brochu, Cécile Caouette, Francis Chenel, Guylaine D'Amours, Denis Lavoie, Michel Ricard

Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui

• Creation: April 28, 1920
• Area: 112,97 km²
• Population: 427 (2006)
• Mayor: Réginald Duguay
• Councillors: Jean-Louis Arsenault, Edouard Boucher, Gino Canuel, Gérard Carré, Normand Hewley, Ginette Pelletier

Unorganized territories

Lac-Alfred

• Creation: January 1, 1986
• Area: 76,03 km²
• Population: (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Lac-Casault

• Creation:
• Area: 1 472,54 km²
• Population: 2 (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Lac-Matapédia

• Creation:
• Area: 126,67 km²
• Population: 2 (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Rivière-Patapédia-Est

• Creation: January 1. 1986
• Area: 15,51 km²
• Population: (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Rivière-Vaseuse

• Creation: January 1, 1986
• Area: 273,49 km²
• Population: (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Routhierville

• Creation:
• Area: 643,36 km²
• Population: 26 (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Ruisseau-des-Mineurs

• Creation: January 1, 1986
• Area: 834,17 km²
• Population: (2006)
• There is no municipal administration

Coordinates: 48°29′31.5″N 67°13′54.3″W / 48.492083°N 67.23175°W / 48.492083; -67.23175