| Avignon | |
| Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
| Coordinates: | 48.1°N -117°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Established Title: | Effective |
| Established Date: | March 18, 1981 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Prefect |
| Leader Name: | Bertrand Berger |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,479.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3,487.51 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
| Population Total: | 14,461 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 7,340 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Codes: | 418 and 581 |
Avignon is a regional county municipality located in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat and largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer.
It is on the Gaspé Peninsula, along Chaleur Bay.
There are 13 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 11,550 | 1.1% | 81.0% | 2,025 | 20.7% | 14.2% | 105 | 8.7% | 0.7% | 580 | 17.7% | 4.1% | ||||||||
| 11,675 | 2.3% | 77.57% | 2,555 | 51.6% | 16.98% | 115 | 91.7% | 0.76% | 705 | 1.4% | 4.68% | ||||||||
| 11,955 | 0.8% | 82.93% | 1,685 | 25.4% | 11.69% | 60 | 40.0% | 0.42% | 715 | 3.4% | 4.96% | ||||||||
| 11,860 | 6.6% | 79.28% | 2,260 | 14.7% | 15.10% | 100 | 25.0% | 0.67% | 740 | 8.6% | 4.95% | ||||||||
| 12,700 | n/a | 81.62% | 1,970 | n/a | 12.66% | 80 | n/a | 0.51% | 810 | n/a | 5.21% | ||||||||
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[1]