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Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Les Basques
Regional county municipality
Location of Les Basques
Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°W / 48.100; -69.067Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°W / 48.100; -69.067
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 Decrease 3.5%
 • Dwellings 5,144
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.mrcdesbasques.com

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:




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