Les Basques | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°WCoordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°W | |
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 | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 9,142 |
• Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 3.5% |
• Dwellings | 5,144 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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.
The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: