Les Basques (, ''the

Basques The Basques ( or ; ; ; ) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a Basque culture, common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians. Basques are indigenous peoples, ...

'') 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 ...

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 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. It is located on the south bank of the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrenc ...

halfway between

Rimouski Rimouski ( ; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski, whose motto is ''Legi patrum fidelis'' (Faithful to ...

and

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city (Quebec), city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the Judicial districts of Quebec ...

. The county seat is in

Trois-Pistoles Trois-Pistoles () is a city in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is also the county seat. The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. A ferry crosses the rive ...

Subdivisions

There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & towns (1) *

;Municipalities (7) *

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-des-Neiges () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. It encircles the city of Trois-Pistoles and includes the offshore Île aux Basques. Geography Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is located on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River, 25 ...

* Saint-Clément *

Sainte-Rita Sainte-Rita () is a municipality in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Rita had a population of living in of its total private dwell ...

Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Saint-Jean-de-Dieu () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. The municipality had a population of 1,651 in the Canada 2021 Census. The two main settlements within the municipality are the communities of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu and La Société. Demog ...

* Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux * Saint-Médard *

Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski () is a municipality in the Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 455. Before 2020 it was known as Saint-Simon. Demograph ...

;Parishes (2) * Sainte-Françoise * Saint-Éloi ;Unorganized territory (1) * Lac-Boisbouscache

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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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{{Authority control Regional county municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent Census divisions of Quebec