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Avignon Regional County Municipality

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Country
  
Canada

County seat
  
Nouvelle

Area code(s)
  
418 and 581

Population
  
15,246 (2011)

Effective
  
March 18, 1981

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area
  
3,479 km²

Province
  
Québec

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Region
  
Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Points of interest
  
Miguasha National Park, Oratoire Notre‑Dame‑du‑Mont‑Saint‑Joseph, Pointe Tracadigash, Plage de Carleton‑sur‑Mer, Belvédère le Soleil d'or

Avignon is a regional county municipality located in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Nouvelle. Its largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.

Contents

Map of Avignon Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada

It is on the Gaspé Peninsula, along Chaleur Bay.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (1)
  • Carleton-sur-Mer
    • Municipalities (9)
    Townships (1)
  • Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est
    • Unorganized Territory (2)
  • Rivière-Nouvelle
  • Ruisseau-Ferguson
    • Native Reserves (2)
    (not associated with RCM)
  • Gesgapegiag 2
  • Listuguj

    • Access Routes

    Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

    Attractions

  • Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
  • Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
  • Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)

    • Protected Areas

  • Casualt ZEC
  • Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve
  • Miguasha Provincial Park
  • Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

    • References

    Avignon Regional County Municipality Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA