Country Canada Effective January 1, 1982 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 1,768 km² Province Québec | Region Bas-Saint-Laurent County seat Rivière-du-Loup Area code(s) 418 and 581 Population 34,375 (2011) Team Rivière-du-Loup 3L | |
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Points of interest Parc des Chutes, Parc de la Pointe, Société Duvetnor Ltée, Musée du Bas Saint‑Laurent, Île‑Verte Lighthouse | ||
Rivière-du-Loup is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
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Map of Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada
Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".
Subdivisions
There are 13 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
References
Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA