Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°27′N 70°54′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Effective	February 18, 2002
County seat	Saint-Honoré
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jean-Marie Claveau
Area [2][3][4]
• Total	43,462.00 km^2 (16,780.77 sq mi)
• Land	40,232.50 km^2 (15,533.86 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	21,600
• Density	0.5/km^2 (1/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	5.5%
• Dwellings	11,910
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc-fjord.qc.ca
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Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (The Fjord of the Saguenay [river]) is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.

It is named for the fjord part of the Saguenay River, protruding out of the Saint Lawrence River into the southern section of the RCM. It is located adjacent to the city of Saguenay and practically surrounds it. It has a land area of 40,232.41 km² (15,533.82 sq mi) and a Canada 2011 Census population of 20,465 inhabitants.^[3]

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay is one of the few regional county municipalities in Quebec that does not constitute its own census division; instead, it is grouped with Saguenay as the single census division of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord; the territory of the census division corresponds exactly to that of the old pre-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay regional county municipality.

Subdivisions

There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1) Saint-Honoré

Municipalities (11) Bégin Ferland-et-Boilleau L'Anse-Saint-Jean Larouche Petit-Saguenay Rivière-Éternité Saint-Ambroise Saint-Charles-de-Bourget Saint-David-de-Falardeau Saint-Félix-d'Otis Saint-Fulgence

Parishes (1) Sainte-Rose-du-Nord

Unorganized Territory (3) Lac-Ministuk Lalemant Mont-Valin

History

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay was originally created in 1982, consisting mostly of the former historic County of Chicoutimi except for a few Municipalities which were taken from parts of the historic county of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est. In 2002, the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie and the surrounding area amalgamated and became the City of Saguenay at which point they separated from the RCM; the post-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay consists of the remainder of the original. After the departure of Saguenay, its largest community is the municipality of Saint-Honoré, with a 2011 census population of 5257 inhabitants.

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[6]

Autoroutes A-70

Principal Highways R-170 R-172 R-175

Secondary Highways R-381

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141080". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
3. Derived indirectly by subtracting the data for Saguenay census subdivision from the data for Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division (view side-by-side).
4. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord, Census division [Census division], Quebec and Saguenay, Ville [Census subdivision]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2019. RCM population equals total Census division population (167,549) minus Ville de Saguenay (145,949). Area and dwellings are calculated similarly.
5. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord, Quebec (Stats include City of Saguenay figures)
6. Official Transport Quebec Road Map