title: Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality
text: # Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality
  
  Rimouski-Neigette is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
  
  The county seat is in Rimouski.
  
  ## Subdivisions
  
  There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Population
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | 51,290 | — |
  | 1996 | 52,677 | +2.7% |
  | 2001 | 52,289 | −0.7% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 2006 | 53,193 | +1.7% |
  | 2011 | 55,095 | +3.6% |
  | 2016 | 56,650 | +2.8% |
  
  ### Language
  
  Canada Census Mother Tongue Language – Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality :
  
  | Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
  | 2016 | 55,595 | 54,900 | 2.6% | 98.11% | 375 | 8.7% | 0.67% | 165 | 13.8% | 0.29% | 515 | 53.7% | 0.92% |
  | 2011 | 54,320 | 53,495 | 4.8% | 98.48% | 345 | 9.2% | 0.64% | 145 | 52.6% | 0.27% | 335 | 48.1% | 0.62% |
  | 2006 | 52,170 | 51,050 | 1.1% | 97.85% | 380 | 40.7% | 0.73% | 95 | 35.7% | 0.18% | 645 | 344.8% | 1.24% |
  | 2001 | 50,975 | 50,490 | 1.4% | 99.05% | 270 | 35.7% | 0.53% | 70 | 46.2% | 0.14% | 145 | 11.5% | 0.28% |
  | 1996 | 51,895 | 51,215 | n/a | 98.69% | 420 | n/a | 0.81% | 130 | n/a | 0.25% | 130 | n/a | 0.25% |
  
  ## Transportation
  
  ### Access Routes
  
  Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
  
  * Autoroutes
     * A-20
  * Principal Highways
     * R-132
  * Secondary Highways
     * R-232
     * R-234
  * External Routes
     * None
  