Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality
Rivière-du-Loup | |
|---|---|
Downtown Rivière-du-Loup | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°20′W / 47.900°N 69.333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Michel Lagacé |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,768.20 km2 (682.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,277.15 km2 (493.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 33,958 |
| • Density | 26.6/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 | 1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 17,019 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Rivière-du-Loup (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ dy lu]) is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
Major industries include pulp and paper, other wood products, peat products, mineral products and textiles.
The name comes from the French, "River of the Wolf".