Avignon Regional County Municipality

Avignon () is a regional county municipality located in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat and largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.

It is on the Gaspé Peninsula, along Chaleur Bay.

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:

Cities & towns (1)

• Carleton-sur-Mer

Municipalities (10)

• Escuminac
• L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
• Maria
• Matapédia
• Nouvelle
• Pointe-à-la-Croix
• Ristigouche-Sud-Est
• Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
• Saint-André-de-Restigouche
• Saint-François-d'Assise

Unorganized territories (2)

• Rivière-Nouvelle
• Ruisseau-Ferguson

Native reserves (2)<br>

• Gesgapegiag 2
• Listuguj

Demographics

Population

Language

Transportation

Access routes

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

• Autoroutes
• None

• Principal highways

• Secondary highways
• None

• External routes
• None

Attractions

• Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
• Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix)
• Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)

Protected areas

• Casualt ZEC
• Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Miguasha Provincial Park
• Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

External links

• Municipalities and cities of Gaspé region