Avignon is a regional county municipality located in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat and largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.

It is on the Gaspé Peninsula, along Chaleur Bay.

Avignon Regional County Municipality

Subdivisions

There are 13 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:

Avignon Regional County Municipality

Cities & Towns (1) Carleton-sur-Mer

Avignon Regional County Municipality

Municipalities (9) Escuminac L'Ascension-de-Patapédia Maria Matapédia Nouvelle Pointe-à-la-Croix Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia Saint-André-de-Restigouche Saint-François-d'Assise

Townships (1) Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est

Unorganized Territory (2) Rivière-Nouvelle Ruisseau-Ferguson

Native Reserves (2) Gesgapegiag 2 Listuguj

Demographics

Population

Language

Transportation

Access Routes

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

Autoroutes

None

Principal Highways

Secondary Highways

None

External Routes

None

Attractions

Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix) Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix) Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)

Protected Areas

Casualt ZEC

Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve

Miguasha Provincial Park

Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary

See also

List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

External links

Municipalities and cities of Gaspé region

Census divisions of Quebec