Avignon Regional County Municipality

Avignon is a regional county municipality (French municipalité régional du comté, MRC ) in the Canadian province of Quebec.

It is located in the administrative region of Gaspésie- Îles- de -la -Madeleine and consists of 13 subordinate administrative units (a city, nine towns, a Canton community and two unincorporated areas). The MRC was founded on 18 March 1981. The main town is Nouvelle. The population is 15,037 and the area of ​​3480.4 km ², which corresponds to a population density of 4.3 inhabitants per km ².

Structure

City ( ville)

• Carleton -sur -Mer

Community ( municipalité )

• Escuminac
• L'Ascension -de- Patapédia
• Mary
• Matapédia
• Nouvelle
• Pointe- à -la -Croix
• Saint -Alexis -de- Matapédia
• Saint -André -de- Restigouche
• Saint -François- d'Assise

Canton Municipality ( municipalité de canton)

Free community territory ( territoire non- organisé )

• Rivière -Nouvelle
• Ruisseau -Ferguson

Adjacent MRC and similar areas

• La Mitis
• La Matapédia
• Bonaventure
• Restigouche County, New Brunswick

In the field of MRC Avignon are also Indian reservations Gesgapegiag and Listuguj, but managed autonomously and form enclaves.