Bas-Saint-Laurent
Sign in to saveThe 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 Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed "Bas-du-Fleuve" (Lower-River). The region is formed by eight regional county municipalities and 114 municipalities. In the south, it borders the US state of Maine, the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the Quebec administrative regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
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- Bas-Saint-Laurent
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- Administrative region
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- Bas-Saint-Laurent in Quebec.svg
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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- Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
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- 8 RCM
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- Kamouraska
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- La Matapédia
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- La Mitis
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- Les Basques
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- La Matanie
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- Rimouski-Neigette
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- Rivière-du-Loup
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- Témiscouata
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- Etymology and toponymy
- Geography
- Situation and political divisions
- Geology
- Seismicity
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- Climate
- Natural environment
- Flora
- Fauna
- Environmental protection
- Demography
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- Age
- Language
- Immigration
- Demographic projection
- History
- Prehistory and proto-history
- Basque people
- Slow colonization of the littoral
- End of isolation
- Contemporary period
- Politics and administration
- Administrative divisions
- Cities
- Rimouski
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Matane
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- Representation and political tendencies
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- Federal representation
- Economy
- Gross domestic product and disposable income
- Employment
- Primary sector
- Agriculture and food industry
- Forestry industry
- Peat industry
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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 Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed "Bas-du-Fleuve" (Lower-River). The region is formed by eight regional county municipalities and 114 municipalities. In the south, it borders the US state of Maine, the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the Quebec administrative regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
It had a population of 199,039 and a land area of as of the 2021 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bas-Saint-Laurent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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