Avignon (regional county municipality)
| Municipalité régionale de comté Avignon
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| Country | Canada |
| province | Quebec |
| Administrative region | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| main place | Nouvelle |
| Residents | 15,037 (2011) |
| surface | 3480.4 km² |
| Population density | 4.3 inhabitants / km² |
| founding | March 18, 1981 |
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Avignon is a regional county municipality ( French municipalité régionale du comté, MRC ) in the Canadian province of Québec .
It is located in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and consists of 13 subordinate administrative units (one city, nine municipalities, one canton municipality and two unincorporated areas). The MRC was founded on March 18, 1981. The main town is Nouvelle . The population is 15,037 and the area is 3480.4 km², which corresponds to a population density of 4.3 inhabitants per km².
structure
City (ville)
Municipality (municipalité)
- Escuminac
- L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
- Maria
- Matapédia
- Nouvelle
- Pointe-à-la-Croix
- Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
- Saint-André-de-Restigouche
- Saint-François-d'Assise
Canton municipality (municipalité de canton)
Unincorporated (territoire non-organisé)
Adjacent MRC and comparable areas
The Indian reservations Gesgapegiag and Listuguj are also located on the territory of the MRC Avignon , but they are administered autonomously and form enclaves.
