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La Mitis is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. Its seat is in Mont-Joli which is on the Saint Lawrence River. La Mitis is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the St. Lawrence. La Mitis is part of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census:

• Population: 19,365
• % Change (2001-2006): +0.2
• Dwellings: 9,452
• Area (km².): 2,279.18 km²
• Density (persons per km².): 8.5

Communities

Cities

• Métis-sur-Mer
• Mont-Joli

Municipalities

• Grand-Métis
• Les Hauteurs
• Padoue
• Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
• Sainte-Luce
• Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski

Village

• Price

Parishes

• La Rédemption
• Saint-Charles-Garnier
• Saint-Donat
• Sainte-Flavie
• Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
• Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
• Saint-Octave-de-Métis

Unorganized territories

• Lac-à-la-Croix
• Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes

Administrative divisions of Bas-Saint-Laurent  (Region 01) Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census). Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories La Matapédia · Matane  · La Mitis · Rimouski-Neigette  · Les Basques · Rivière-du-Loup  · Témiscouata  · Kamouraska Major1 municipalities Causapscal · Amqui · Matane · Métis-sur-Mer · Mont-Joli · Rimouski · Trois-Pistoles · Rivière-du-Loup · Dégelis · Notre-Dame-du-Lac  · Cabano · Pohénégamook · Saint-Pascal · La Pocatière Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 48°16′0.2″N 68°14′8.4″W / 48.266722°N 68.235667°W / 48.266722; -68.235667