Amqui is a town in eastern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 at the base of the Gaspé peninsula

Gaspé Peninsula

The Gaspésie , or Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé, is a peninsula along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, extending into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

. Located on the Matapédia River

Matapédia River

The Matapédia River is a river on the Gaspé Peninsula in the province of Quebec, Canada. It runs 65 km from Lake Matapédia to the village of Matapédia where it flows into the Restigouche River on the interprovincial boundary with New Brunswick.Matapédia Lake becomes Matapédia River at Amqui ,...

, it is the seat of La Matapédia Regional County Municipality

La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec

300px|rightLa Matapédia is a Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula.It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The seat is in Amqui. It is named for the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM. La Matapedia was...

. Amqui was the first town in Quebec to ban single-use plastic bags, effective the spring of 2008.

The central community of Amqui, excluding the smaller communities within its municipal boundaries, is a designated place

Designated place

A designated place or DPL is a type of community or populated area identified by Statistics Canada for statistical purposes. DPLs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages.DPLs are communities that lack...

 in Canadian census data.

Communities

• Amqui
• Baie-Saint-Laurent
• Boulay
• Coutureval
• Val d'Irène

Municipal council

• Mayor: Gaëtan Ruest
• Councillors: Paule Lévesque (district #1), Germain Boulianne (district #2), Diane Arbour (district #3), Égide Charest (district #4), Richard Leclerc (district #5), Jean-François Guay (district #6)

Demographics

Languages

According to the Statistics Canada website, 6,090 of Amqui's 6,120 residents speak French as their first language. In addition, only 12% can speak both French and English.

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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Mother tongue
! Population
! Percentage
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| French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

| 6,090
| 99.51%
|-
| English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

| 10
| .0016%
|-
| English and French
| 0
| 0%
|-
| Other languages
| 15
| .0025%

N/A = Not available

Important Figures

• Alfred Belzile
  Alfred Belzile
  Alfred Belzile is a former Canadian politician and farmer.Born in Amqui, Quebec, Canada, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1958 as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Matapédia—Matane. He was re-elected in 1962 but defeated in 1963. He was...
  
   - Politician and farmer.
• Sébastien Caron
  Sebastien Caron
  Sébastien Caron is a professional ice hockey goaltender.-Biography:Caron was a fourth-round pick in 1999 and is a butterfly goaltender most well known for his great save from Brian Savage against the Philadelphia Flyers. This save came early in the 2005–2006 season with his former team, the...
  
   - Former NHL goaltender
• Olivier Roy (ice hockey)
  Olivier Roy (ice hockey)
  Olivier Bellavance-Roy is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender currently playing in the Edmonton Oilers organization. Roy was drafted in the 5th round in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers...
  
   - Goaltender drafted by the Edmonton Oilers

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Saint-Tharcisius, Quebec

Saint-Tharcisius is a parish municipality in Quebec.The village was named after a Roman martyr who preferred to be killed rather than desecrate the Eucharist in the year 217....

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Val-Brillant, Quebec

Val-Brillant is a municipality in eastern Quebec at the base of the Gaspé peninsula. On the banks of the Matapédia Lake, Val-Brillant is part of the Matapédia Valley. Val-Brillant was established in 1890 by Father Pierre Brillant...

, Sainte-Irène

Sainte-Irène, Quebec

Sainte-Irène is a parish municipality in Quebec....

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Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Quebec

Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs is a parish municipality in Quebec....

, Lac-au-Saumon

Lac-au-Saumon, Quebec

Lac-au-Saumon is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality.The municipality had a population of 1,517 in the Canada 2006 Census.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Jean-Claude Dumoulin...

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Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Quebec

Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Quebec may refer to:*Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Mauricie, Quebec, in Matawinie Regional County Municipality*Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality...

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