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La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Vallée-de-l'Or
Regional county municipality
Location of La Vallée-de-l'Or
Coordinates: 48°23′N 77°14′W / 48.383°N 77.233°W / 48.383; -77.233Coordinates: 48°23′N 77°14′W / 48.383°N 77.233°W / 48.383; -77.233
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Effective April 8, 1981
County seat Val-d'Or
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Fernand Trahan
Area
 • Total 27,149.30 km2 (10,482.40 sq mi)
 • Land 24,294.28 km2 (9,380.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 42,896
 • Density 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.4%
 • Dwellings 19,532
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819
Website www.mrcvo.qc.ca

La Vallée-de-l'Or (The Golden Valley) is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys.

Before October 11, 2003, it was known simply as Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:




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