Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Regional county municipality
Location of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Coordinates: 48°27′N 70°54′W / 48.450°N 70.900°W / 48.450; -70.900[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
EffectiveFebruary 18, 2002
County seatSaint-Honoré
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectJean-Marie Claveau
Area
[2][3][4]
 • Total43,462.00 km2 (16,780.77 sq mi)
 • Land40,232.50 km2 (15,533.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total21,600
 • Density0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
Increase 5.5%
 • Dwellings
11,910
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc-fjord.qc.ca
[5]

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (The Fjord of the Saguenay [river]) is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.

It is named for the fjord part of the Saguenay River, protruding out of the Saint Lawrence River into the southern section of the RCM. It is located adjacent to the city of Saguenay and practically surrounds it. It has a land area of 40,232.41 km2 (15,533.82 sq mi) and a Canada 2011 Census population of 20,465 inhabitants.[3]

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay is one of the few regional county municipalities in Quebec that does not constitute its own census division; instead, it is grouped with Saguenay as the single census division of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord; the territory of the census division corresponds exactly to that of the old pre-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay regional county municipality.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality". Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference caveat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord, Census division [Census division], Quebec and Saguenay, Ville [Census subdivision]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2019. RCM population equals total Census division population (167,549) minus Ville de Saguenay (145,949). Area and dwellings are calculated similarly.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference cp2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).