La Vallée-de-l'Or

Municipalité régionale de comté La Vallée-de-l'Or
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
main place	Val d'Or
Residents	43,252 (2011)
surface	24,104.1 km²
Population density	1.8 inhabitants / km²
founding	April 8, 1981

La Vallée-de-l'Or is a regional county municipality ( French municipalité régionale de comté, MRC ) in the Canadian province of Québec .

It is located in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue and consists of eleven subordinate administrative units (three cities, two municipalities, a district and five unincorporated areas). The MRC Vallée-de-l'Or was founded on April 8, 1981. In 2003 she became MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or . The main town is Val-d'Or . The population is 43,252 and the area 24,104.1 km², which corresponds to a population density of 1.8 inhabitants per km².

structure

City (ville)

• Malartic
• Senneterre
• Val d'Or

Municipality (municipalité)

• Belcourt
• Rivière-Héva

Sprengel (municipalité de paroisse)

• Senneterre

Unincorporated (territoire non organisé)

• Lac-Fouillac
• Lac-Granet
• Lac-Metei
• Matchi Manitou
• Reservoir Dozois

In the area of ​​the MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or there is also the Lac-Simon Indian reservation , which is managed autonomously and forms an enclave.

Adjacent MRC and comparable areas

• Jamésie
• La Tuque
• La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
• Pontiac
• Témiscamingue
• Rouyn-Noranda
• Abitibi

Web links

Commons : La Vallée-de-l'Or  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Statistical data ( Memento of May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} La Vallée-de-l'Or. Commission de toponymie du Quebec