Rimouski-Neigette
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°20′N 68°40′W / 48.33°N 68.67°W / 48.33; -68.67 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Rimouski
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Francis Saint-Pierre
Area [2] [3]
• Total	2,946.10 km2 (1,137.50 sq mi)
• Land	2,715.17 km2 (1,048.33 sq mi)
Population  (2016) [3]
• Total	56,650
• Density	20.9/km2 (54/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	2.8%
• Dwellings	28,811
Time zone	UTC−5 ( EST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC−4 ( EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcrimouskineigette.qc.ca

Rimouski-Neigette is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

The county seat is in Rimouski.

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM: ^[2]

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue Language – Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality [9] [3]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		55,595		54,900	2.6%	98.11%		375	8.7%	0.67%		165	13.8%	0.29%		515	53.7%	0.92%
2011		54,320		53,495	4.8%	98.48%		345	9.2%	0.64%		145	52.6%	0.27%		335	48.1%	0.62%
2006		52,170		51,050	1.1%	97.85%		380	40.7%	0.73%		95	35.7%	0.18%		645	344.8%	1.24%
2001		50,975		50,490	1.4%	99.05%		270	35.7%	0.53%		70	46.2%	0.14%		145	11.5%	0.28%
1996		51,895		51,215	n/a	98.69%		420	n/a	0.81%		130	n/a	0.25%		130	n/a	0.25%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: ^[11]

• Autoroutes
  • A-20
• Principal Highways
  • R-132
• Secondary Highways
  • R-232
  • R-234
• External Routes
  • None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Rimouski Seignory

References

External links

• Media related to Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality at Wikimedia Commons