Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.

Sept-Rivières
Regional county municipality
Location of Sept-Rivières
Coordinates: 50°08′N 66°37′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
EffectiveMarch 18, 1981
County seatSept-Îles
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectSerge Lévesque
Area
[2][3][4]
 • Total32,571.60 km2 (12,575.97 sq mi)
 • Land30,469.17 km2 (11,764.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3][4]
 • Total35,240
 • Density1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 1.5%
 • Dwellings
16,065
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc.septrivieres.qc.ca

The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality RCM into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the Canada 2011 Census, the combined population was 39,500. The population of Sept-Rivières RCM itself was 35,240,[4] of whom the vast majority live in the city of Sept-Îles.

Geography

Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord. It is bordered by the regional county municipalities of Manicouagan, Caniapiscau, and Minganie, as well as by the southwest corner of Labrador and by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is mostly covered by the Laurentian mountains. It is a very sparsely populated and undeveloped region with its population highly concentrated along the coast, mostly at Sept-Îles (about three-fourths of the population).

It allegedly takes its name from seven major rivers that join the Saint Lawrence within the territory: Moisie, Sainte-Marguerite, Trinité, Pentecôte, aux Rochers, Pigou and Manitou. But neither the Trinité River nor the Manitou River reaches the Saint Lawrence within the limits of the regional county municipality, and many other rivers could be amongst those "seven rivers".

Subdivisions

There are four subdivisions and two native reserves within the RCM:[2]

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]

River basins

There are a number of large rivers that flow in a generally north-south direction through Sept-Rivières to enter the Gulf. Near the coast the river basins tend to narrow in towards the river mouth, and between their mouths are areas that drain into the Gulf through smaller streams. From west to east, the larger river basins, which may cover parts of neighboring regions, are:[6]

RiverBasin sizeMouth coordinatesMap link
km2sq. mile
Pentecôte1,986 767 49.7800000°N 67.1644444°W / 49.7800000; -67.1644444 EHOZH
Riverin221 85 49.7855556°N 67.1563889°W / 49.7855556; -67.1563889 EHWEN
Aux Rochers4,161 1,607 50.0194444°N 66.8686111°W / 50.0194444; -66.8686111 EHWSX
Dominique263 102 50.0263889°N 66.8680556°W / 50.0263889; -66.8680556 EGEDF
Sainte-Marguerite6,213 2,399 50.1427778°N 66.5966667°W / 50.1427778; -66.5966667 EJGWT
Rapides573 221 50.2686111°N 66.4572222°W / 50.2686111; -66.4572222 EHURW
Moisie19,273 7,441 50.2000000°N 66.067500°W / 50.2000000; -66.067500 EHHGN
Matamec679 262 50.2836111°N 65.9666667°W / 50.2836111; -65.9666667 EHEPE
Loups Marins186 72 50.259167°N 65.744444°W / 50.259167; -65.744444 EHBME
Pigou169 65 50.2702778°N 65.6272222°W / 50.2702778; -65.6272222 EHQOC

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 141179 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 971 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality (Code 2497) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. Derived indirectly from Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Lac-Walker, Maliotenam, Port-Cartier, Rivière-Nipissis, Sept-Îles and Uashat census subdivisions.
  5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  6. Portrait préliminaire de la zone de gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant Duplessis (PDF) (in French), OBV Duplessis, April 2015, p. 20, retrieved 2019-09-29


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