Les Basques (, 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.
The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.
Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:
Cities & towns (1) Trois-Pistoles
Municipalities (7) Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Saint-Clément Sainte-Rita Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux Saint-Médard Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski
Parishes (2) Sainte-Françoise Saint-Éloi
Unorganized territory (1) Lac-Boisbouscache
Demographics
Population
Language Canada Census mother tongue - Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 8,530 5.0% 99.42% 30 40.0% 0.35% 10 50.0% 0.12% 10 100% 0.12% 8,980 0.1% 99.17% 50 233.3% 0.55% 20 n/a% 0.22% 5 96.4% 0.06% 8,970 6.0% 98.30% 15 40.0% 0.17% 0 0.0% 0.00% 140 1300.0% 1.53% 9,545 2.7% 99.64% 25 73.7% 0.26% 0 100.0% 0.00% 10 n/a% 0.10% 9,805 n/a 98.84% 95 n/a 0.96% 20 n/a 0.20% 0 n/a 0.00%
Transportation Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
Autoroutes
Principal highways
Secondary highways
External routes None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References