Maria-Chapdelaine

Maria-Chapdelaine
Regional county municipality
Location of Maria-Chapdelaine
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Effective	January 1, 1983
County seat	Dolbeau-Mistassini
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jean-Pierre Boivin
Area
• Total	38,056.70 km2 (14,693.77 sq mi)
• Land	36,770.33 km2 (14,197.10 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	25,279
• Density	0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Pop (2006–11)	1.9%
• Dwellings	12,098
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcdemaria-chapdelaine.ca

Maria-Chapdelaine is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Dolbeau-Mistassini.

It runs from Lac Saint-Jean in the south to the deep interior of northern Quebec in the north.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2)

• Dolbeau-Mistassini
• Normandin

Municipalities (8)

• Albanel
• Girardville
• Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
• Péribonka
• Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines
• Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay
• Saint-Stanislas
• Saint-Thomas-Didyme

Parishes (1)

• Saint-Augustin

Villages (1)

• Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

Unorganized Territory (2)

• Passes-Dangereuses
• Rivière-Mistassini

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

• Route 169

Secondary Highways

• Route 373

External Routes

• None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec