Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
| Sept-Rivières | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
| Location of Sept-Rivières | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| Effective | March 18, 1981 |
| County seat | Sept-Îles |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Serge Lévesque |
| Area[2][3][4] | |
| • Total | 32,571.60 km2 (12,575.97 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30,469.17 km2 (11,764.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3][4] | |
| • Total | 35,240 |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  1.5% |
| • Dwellings | 16,065 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.
The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality RCM into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the Canada 2011 Census, the combined population was 39,500. The population of Sept-Rivières RCM itself was 35,240;[4] the vast majority live in the city of Sept-Îles.
Geography
Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord. It is bordered by the regional county municipalities of Manicouagan, Caniapiscau, and Minganie, as well as by the southwest corner of Labrador and by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is mostly covered by the Laurentian mountains. It is a very sparsely populated and undeveloped region with its population highly concentrated along the coast, mostly at Sept-Îles (about three-fourths of the population).
It allegedly takes is name from 7 major rivers that join the Saint Lawrence within the territory: Moisie, Sainte-Marguerite, Trinité, Pentecôte, aux Rochers, Pigou and Manitou. But neither the Trinité River nor the Pigou River reaches the Saint Lawrence within the limits of the regional county municipality, and many other rivers could be amongst those "seven rivers".
Subdivisions
There are 4 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141179 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geographic code 971 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Derived indirectly from Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Lac-Walker, Maliotenam, Port-Cartier, Rivière-Nipissis, Sept-Îles and Uashat census subdivisions.
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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Caniapiscau RCM | Division No. 10  |
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Minganie RCM | ||
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| Gulf of Saint Lawrence La Matanie RCM |
Gulf of Saint Lawrence La Haute-Gaspésie RCM |
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