La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality

La Vallée-de-l'Or 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.

History
Originally part of Abitibi RCM, it was created in April 1981 as Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The name, adjusted to La Vallée-de-l'Or on October 11, 2003, means "The Valley of Gold" and refers to the area at the sources of the Harricana River where the Abitibi gold rush took place in the 1930s.

Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:


 * Cities & Towns (3)
 * Malartic
 * Senneterre
 * Val-d'Or


 * Municipalities (2)
 * Belcourt
 * Rivière-Héva


 * Parishes (1)
 * Senneterre


 * Unorganized Territory (4)
 * Lac-Granet
 * Lac-Metei
 * Matchi-Manitou
 * Réservoir-Dozois


 * Indian Settlement or Reserve (2) (not associated with RCM)
 * Kitcisakik
 * Lac-Simon

Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:


 * Autoroutes
 * None


 * Principal Highways


 * Secondary Highways


 * External Routes
 * None