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La Mitis

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Country
  
Canada

Effective
  
January 1, 1982

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area
  
2,539 km²

Province
  
Québec

Region
  
Bas-Saint-Laurent

County seat
  
Mont-Joli

Area code(s)
  
418 and 581

Population
  
18,942 (2011)


Points of interest
  
Jardins de Métis, Parc du Mont‑Comi, Vieux Moulin (Hydrome, Lelievre Karting

La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River.

Contents

Map of La Mitis, QC, Canada

The county seat is in Mont-Joli.

Subdivisions

There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2)
  • Métis-sur-Mer
  • Mont-Joli
  • Municipalities (6)
  • Grand-Métis
  • Les Hauteurs
  • Padoue
  • Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
  • Sainte-Luce
  • Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
  • Parishes (7)
  • La Rédemption
  • Saint-Charles-Garnier
  • Saint-Donat
  • Sainte-Flavie
  • Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
  • Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
  • Saint-Octave-de-Métis
  • Villages (1)
  • Price
  • Unorganized Territory (2)
  • Lac-à-la-Croix
  • Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes
  • Access routes

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

  • Autoroutes
  • A-20
  • Principal Highways
  • Route 132
  • Secondary Highways
  • Route 234
  • Route 298
  • External Routes
  • None
  • References

    La Mitis Wikipedia