Le Fjord-du-Saguenay | |
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| Coordinates:48°27′N70°54′W / 48.450°N 70.900°W /48.450; -70.900[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Effective | February 18, 2002 |
| County seat | Saint-Honoré |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Jean-Marie Claveau |
| Area | |
• Total | 43,462.00 km2 (16,780.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 40,232.50 km2 (15,533.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[4] | |
• Total | 21,600 |
| • Density | 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  5.5% |
| • Dwellings | 11,910 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (French pronunciation:[ləfjɔʁdysaɡnɛ],The Fjord of the Saguenay [river]) is aregional county municipality in theSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region ofQuebec, Canada. Its seat isSaint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.
It is named for thefjord part of theSaguenay River, protruding out of theSaint Lawrence River into the southern section of the RCM. It is located adjacent to the city ofSaguenay and practically surrounds it. It has a land area of 40,232.41 km2 (15,533.82 sq mi) and aCanada 2011 Census population of 20,465 inhabitants.[3]
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay is one of the few regional county municipalities in Quebec that does not constitute its owncensus division; instead, it is grouped with Saguenay as the singlecensus division of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord; the territory of the census division corresponds exactly to that of the old pre-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay regional county municipality.
There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Le Fjord-du-Saguenay was originally created in 1982, consisting mostly of the former historicCounty of Chicoutimi except for a few Municipalities which were taken from parts of thehistoric county ofLac-Saint-Jean-Est. In 2002, the cities ofChicoutimi,Jonquière,La Baie and the surrounding area amalgamated and became the City of Saguenay at which point they separated from the RCM; the post-2002 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay consists of the remainder of the original. After the departure of Saguenay, its largest community is the municipality ofSaint-Honoré, with a 2011 census population of 5257 inhabitants.
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]
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