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:
Cities & Towns (2) Métis-sur-Mer Mont-Joli
Municipalities (7) Grand-Métis Les Hauteurs Padoue Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-la-Mitis Sainte-Luce Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
Parishes (6) La Rédemption Saint-Charles-Garnier Saint-Donat Sainte-Flavie Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage Saint-Octave-de-Métis
Villages (1) Price
Unorganized Territory (2) Lac-à-la-Croix Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes
Demographics
Population
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue – La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 17,665 2.9% 98.58% 140 7.7% 0.78% 65 0.0% 0.36% 50 0.0% 0.28% 18,185 1.6% 98.67% 130 25.7% 0.71% 65 44.4% 0.35% 50 58.3% 0.27% 18,475 0.05% 98.19% 175 25.0% 0.93% 45 18.2% 0.24% 120 480.0% 0.64% 18,485 4.4% 98.82% 140 3.7% 0.75% 55 15.4% 0.29% 25 44.4% 0.13% 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:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
Autoroutes
Principal Highways
Secondary Highways
External Routes None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec Seignory of Lac-Mitis Mitis Seignory
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