La Matapédia () is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalit ...

(RCM) in eastern

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada at the base of the

Gaspé peninsula The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia (, ; ), is a peninsula along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick on it ...

, in the

Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent (, 'Lower Saint-Lawrence) is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlan ...

region. Its seat is in

Amqui Amqui (; ) is a town in eastern Quebec, Canada, at the base of the Gaspé peninsula in Bas-Saint-Laurent. Located at the confluence of the Humqui and Matapédia Rivers, it is the seat of La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. The main acce ...

. It is named after the

Matapédia River The Matapedia River (, ) is a river in the Matapedia Valley in the province of Quebec, Canada. It runs on from Matapedia Lake down to the village of Matapédia where it empties into the left bank of Restigouche River on the provincial border of ...

which runs through the western part of the RCM. La Matapédia was created on January 1, 1982, succeeding from the former Matapédia County Municipality. The region was subject to one of the last waves of colonization in Quebec, settled mostly by people from the Lower Saint-Lawrence between 1850 and 1950. It is a rural region in the

Matapedia Valley The Matapedia Valley (, ) was formed by the Chic-Choc Mountains of eastern Québec. Its name is derived from the river that traverses the valley, as well as the lake that lies in its center. It is situated in the southwest of the Gaspé Penins ...

crossed by the

Notre Dame Mountains The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains (Vermont), Green Mountains of Vermont. The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern ed ...

. Agriculture and logging, and its related industries (forestry and wood products), are the main economic activities.

Subdivisions

There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) *

Causapscal Causapscal (; ) is a city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. It is located at the confluence of the Matapédia River, Matapédia and Causapscal Rivers, al ...

;Municipalities (7) *

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* Lac-au-Saumon * Sainte-Florence *

Sainte-Marguerite-Marie Sainte-Marguerite-Marie () is a municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality. It was known as Sainte-Margue ...

Saint-Vianney Saint-Vianney () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality. It was known as Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney until 1988. History The first settlers arrived in 1918. In 1920, several ...

Sayabec Sayabec (; ) is a municipality located in the La Matapédia Regional County Municipality (RCM) in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Matapédia Valley between the Chic-Choc Mountains of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian ...

* Val-Brillant ;Parishes (8) * Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs * Saint-Cléophas * Saint-Damase * Sainte-Irène * Saint-Léon-le-Grand * Saint-Moïse * Saint-Tharcisius * Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui ;Villages (1) * Saint-Noël ;Unorganized Territory (7) * Lac-Alfred * Lac-Casault * Lac-Matapédia * Rivière-Patapédia-Est * Rivière-Vaseuse * Routhierville * Ruisseau-des-Mineurs

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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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:La Matapedia Regional County Municipality, Quebec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia