Les Basques (the Basques) is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Rimouski and Rivière-du-Loup.
Les Basques | |
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| Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | April 1, 1981 |
| County seat | Trois-Pistoles |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Bertin Denis |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,130.70 km2 (436.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 8,694 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  4.9% |
| • Dwellings | 5,185 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.
Subdivisions
editThere are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
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Population
editCanada census – Les Basques community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 8,873 (+2.1% from 2016) | 8,694 (-4.9% from 2011) | 9,142 (-3.5% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,120.03 km2 (432.45 sq mi) | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) |
| Population density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56.8 (M: 56.0, F: 57.6) | 55.6 (M: 55.1, F: 56.1) | 52.6 (M: 51.7, F: 53.5) |
| Private dwellings | 5,182 (total) 4,244 (occupied) | 5,185 (total) | 5,144 (total) |
| Median household income | $53,600 | $44,809 | $42,510 |
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Language
edit| Canada Census mother tongue - Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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8,580
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8,530 | 5.0%
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99.42% | 30 | 40.0%
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0.35% | 10 | 50.0%
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0.12% | 10 |  100%
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0.12% | |||||
2011
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9,055
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8,980 | 0.1%
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99.17% | 50 | 233.3%
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0.55% | 20 | n/a%
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0.22% | 5 | 96.4%
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0.06% | |||||
2006
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9,125
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8,970 | 6.0%
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98.30% | 15 | 40.0%
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0.17% | 0 |  0.0%
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0.00% | 140 | 1300.0%
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1.53% | |||||
2001
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9,580
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9,545 | 2.7%
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99.64% | 25 | 73.7%
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0.26% | 0 | 100.0%
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0.00% | 10 | n/a%
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0.10% | |||||
1996
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9,920
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9,805 | n/a | 98.84% | 95 | n/a | 0.96% | 20 | n/a | 0.20% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Transportation
editAccess routes
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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141074". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 110". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Les Basques, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map