Avignon Regional County Municipality is located in eastern Quebec , on the Gaspé peninsula , on Chaleur Bay . The regional county municipality seat is Nouvelle
Communities
Municipalities Escuminac L'Ascension-de-Patapédia Maria Nouvelle Pointe-à-la-Croix Saint-André-de-Restigouche
Cantons Restigouche-Partie-Sud-Est Parishes Matapédia Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia Saint-François-d'Assise Unorganized Areas Rivière-Nouvelle Ruisseau-Ferguson
Highways Highways that run through Avignon are as follows:
Attractions Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site (Pointe-à-la-Croix) Fort Listiguj (Pointe-à-la-Croix) Notre-Dame-du-Mont-St-Joseph Oratory (Carleton---Saint Omer)
Protected Areas Casualt ZEC Rivières-Matapédia et Patapédia Wildlife Reserve Miguasha Provincial Park Saint-Omer National Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Demographics (Statistics Canada , 2001 )
Population: 15,286 Population change (1996_2001): _4.0 Dwellings: 7,093 Area (sq. km): 3,486.55 Density (per sq. km.): 4.4 National rank in terms of population: 250 Provincial rank in terms of population: 88
Surrounding Counties
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Avignon (1049 words)
Avignon is the préfecture (capital) of the Vaucluse département. Avignon , Caumont-sur-Durance, Jonquerettes, Morières-lès-Avignon, Le Pontet, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon, Vedène and Velleron in the Vaucluse département. Avignon became the residence of the Pope in 1309, at which time the town and the surrounding Comtat Venaissin was under the rule of the kings of Sicily (the house of Anjou).
Bambooweb: Avignon (904 words)
Avignon (pronounced [avin^O~] in SAMPA, called Avignoun in Provençal) is a city in southern France with some 88,300 inhabitants in the city itself and 155,500 in the Greater Avignon area. Avignon is the capital of the département of Vaucluse. Avignon , Caumont-sur-Durance, Jonquerettes, Morières-lès-Avignon, Le Pontet, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon, Vedène et Velleron in the département of Vaucluse.
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