Rapide-Danseur

Also known as Rapide-Danseur, Quebec

Rapide-Danseur () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 173.73 km2 and had a population of 380 as of the 2021 Canadian census.

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Settlement.name: Rapide-Danseur
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Rapide-Danseur 02.jpg
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Rapide-Danseur Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Western Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in western Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

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The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1981. It owes its name to a waterfall found on the Duparquet River between Lake Duparquet and Lake Abitibi. The natives called it “opacicicimosik” which means “where we stop to dance, to stretch ourselves”, this after having done portage.