Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

Sept-Rivières
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 50°08′N 66°37′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
Effective	March 18, 1981
County seat	Sept-Îles
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Serge Lévesque
Area
• Total	32,571.60 km2 (12,575.97 sq mi)
• Land	30,469.17 km2 (11,764.21 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	35,240
• Density	1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.5%
• Dwellings	16,065
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrc.septrivieres.qc.ca

Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.

The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality RCM into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau. In the Canada 2011 Census, the combined population was 39,500. The population of Sept-Rivières RCM itself was 35,240, of whom the vast majority live in the city of Sept-Îles.

Geography

Sept-Rivières is located in the central part of Côte-Nord. It is bordered by the regional county municipalities of Manicouagan, Caniapiscau, and Minganie, as well as by the southwest corner of Labrador and by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is mostly covered by the Laurentian mountains. It is a very sparsely populated and undeveloped region with its population highly concentrated along the coast, mostly at Sept-Îles (about three-fourths of the population).

It allegedly takes its name from seven major rivers that join the Saint Lawrence within the territory: Moisie, Sainte-Marguerite, Trinité, Pentecôte, aux Rochers, Pigou and Manitou. But neither the Trinité River nor the Manitou River reaches the Saint Lawrence within the limits of the regional county municipality, and many other rivers could be amongst those "seven rivers".

Subdivisions

There are four subdivisions and two native reserves within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (2)

• Sept-Îles
• Port-Cartier

Unorganized territories (2)

• Rivière-Nipissis
• Lac-Walker

Native Reserves (2)
(not associated with RCM)

• Maliotenam
• Uashat

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
  • R-138

• Secondary Highways
  • None

• External Routes
  • None

River basins

There are a number of large rivers that flow in a generally north-south direction through Sept-Rivières to enter the Gulf. Near the coast the river basins tend to narrow in towards the river mouth, and between their mouths are areas that drain into the Gulf through smaller streams. From west to east, the larger river basins, which may cover parts of neighboring regions, are:

River	Basin size		Mouth coordinates	Map link
	km2	sq. mile
Pentecôte	1,986	767	49.7800000°N 67.1644444°W / 49.7800000; -67.1644444	EHOZH
Riverin	221	85	49.7855556°N 67.1563889°W / 49.7855556; -67.1563889	EHWEN
Aux Rochers	4,161	1,607	50.0194444°N 66.8686111°W / 50.0194444; -66.8686111	EHWSX
Dominique	263	102	50.0263889°N 66.8680556°W / 50.0263889; -66.8680556	EGEDF
Sainte-Marguerite	6,213	2,399	50.1427778°N 66.5966667°W / 50.1427778; -66.5966667	EJGWT
Rapides	573	221	50.2686111°N 66.4572222°W / 50.2686111; -66.4572222	EHURW
Moisie	19,273	7,441	50.2000000°N 66.067500°W / 50.2000000; -66.067500	EHHGN
Matamec	679	262	50.2836111°N 65.9666667°W / 50.2836111; -65.9666667	EHEPE
Loups Marins	186	72	50.259167°N 65.744444°W / 50.259167; -65.744444	EHBME
Pigou	169	65	50.2702778°N 65.6272222°W / 50.2702778; -65.6272222	EHQOC

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec