La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
| La Vallée-de-l'Or | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°23′N 77°14′W / 48.383°N 77.233°WCoordinates: 48°23′N 77°14′W / 48.383°N 77.233°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| 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 |
 2.4% |
| • Dwellings | 19,532 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Website | www |
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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