Amqui

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Amqui

Ville d'Amqui
—  City  —
Country Canada
Province Quebec
MRC La Matapédia
Established January 16, 1991
Government
 - Type City
 - Mayor Gaëtan Ruest
 - Governing Body
 - MP
 - MNA
Area
 - Total 127.9 km2 (49.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 6,261
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)

Amqui (2006 Population 6,261; UA population 4,519) is a town in eastern Quebec at the base of the Gaspé peninsula. Located on the Matapédia River, it is the seat of La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. Amqui was the first town in Quebec to ban single-use plastic bags, effective the spring of 2008.

The central community of Amqui, excluding the smaller communities within its municipal boundaries, is a designated place in Canadian census data.

Contents

Communities

  • Amqui
  • Baie-Saint-Laurent
  • Boulay
  • Coutureval
  • Val d'Irène

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Gaëtan Ruest
  • Councillors: Paule Lévesque (district #1), Germain Boulianne (district #2), Diane Arbour (district #3), Égide Charest (district #4), Richard Leclerc (district #5), Jean-François Guay (district #6)

Demographics

Canada census – Amqui Community Profile
  2006

Population:
Land area:
Population density:
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Mean household income:

6,261 (-3.3% from 2001)
120.81 km2 (46.65 sq mi)
51.8 /km2 (134 /sq mi)
N/A (males: N/A, females: N/A)
2,836
$N/A






References: 2006


N/A = Not available

Important Figures

  • Alfred Belzile - Politician and farmer.
  • Sébastien Caron - Former NHL goaltender
  • Olivier Roy (ice hockey) - Goaltender drafted by the Edmonton Oilers
North: Saint-Tharcisius
West: Lac-Matapédia, Val-Brillant, Sainte-Irène
 Amqui East: Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Lac-au-Saumon
South: Saint-Léon-le-Grand

  1. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 
Quebec Administrative divisions of Quebec
Subdivisions

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Communities

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Major cities
Subdivisions of
Bas-Saint-Laurent

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories(*): La Matapédia · Matane · La Mitis · Rimouski-Neigette · Les Basques · Rivière-du-Loup · Témiscouata · Kamouraska

Major municipalities: Causapscal · Amqui · Matane · Métis-sur-Mer · Mont-Joli · Rimouski · Trois-Pistoles · Rivière-du-Loup · Dégelis · Notre-Dame-du-Lac · Cabano · Pohénégamook · Saint-Pascal · La Pocatière

Coordinates: 48°28′N 67°26′W / 48.467°N 67.433°W / 48.467; -67.433


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