Les Basques Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Les Basques (French pronunciation: [le bask], 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.
Les Basques | |
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| Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | April 1, 1981 |
| County seat | Trois-Pistoles |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Gabriel Belzile |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,130.70 km2 (436.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 8,694 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  4.9% |
| • Dwellings | 5,185 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – Les Basques community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 8,873 (+2.1% from 2016) | 8,694 (-4.9% from 2011) | 9,142 (-3.5% from 2006) |
| Land area | 1,120.03 km2 (432.45 sq mi) | 1,121.82 km2 (433.14 sq mi) | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) |
| Population density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56.8 (M: 56.0, F: 57.6) | 55.6 (M: 55.1, F: 56.1) | 52.6 (M: 51.7, F: 53.5) |
| Private dwellings | 5,182 (total) 4,244 (occupied) | 5,185 (total) | 5,144 (total) |
| Median household income | $53,600 | $44,809 | $42,510 |
Language
| Canada Census mother tongue - Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
8,580 |
8,530 | 5.0% |
99.42% | 30 | 40.0% |
0.35% | 10 | 50.0% |
0.12% | 10 |  100% |
0.12% | |||||
2011 |
9,055 |
8,980 | 0.1% |
99.17% | 50 | 233.3% |
0.55% | 20 | n/a% |
0.22% | 5 | 96.4% |
0.06% | |||||
2006 |
9,125 |
8,970 | 6.0% |
98.30% | 15 | 40.0% |
0.17% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 140 | 1300.0% |
1.53% | |||||
2001 |
9,580 |
9,545 | 2.7% |
99.64% | 25 | 73.7% |
0.26% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | 10 | n/a% |
0.10% | |||||
1996 |
9,920 |
9,805 | n/a | 98.84% | 95 | n/a | 0.96% | 20 | n/a | 0.20% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Transportation
Access routes
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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[8]
