Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec
| Les Basques | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°WCoordinates: 48°06′N 69°04′W / 48.100°N 69.067°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Effective | April 1, 1981 |
| County seat | Trois-Pistoles |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Bertin Denis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,130.70 km2 (436.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,122.76 km2 (433.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 9,142 |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 3.5% |
| • Dwellings | 5,144 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Les Basques (the Basques) is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Rimouski and Rivière-du-Loup.
The county seat is in Trois-Pistoles.
There are 12 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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