La Matapédia is a regional county municipality (RCM) in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Its seat is in Amqui. It is named after the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM.

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La Matapédia
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 48°18′N 67°34′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Amqui
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Chantale Lavoie
• Federal riding	Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
• MP	Kristina Michaud (BQ)
• MNA	Pascal Bérubé (PQ)
Area [2][3]
• Total	5,389.00 km2 (2,080.70 sq mi)
• Land	5,374.57 km2 (2,075.13 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	17,592
• Density	3.3/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.9%
• Dwellings	9,274
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.mrcmatapedia.qc.ca

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La Matapédia was created on January 1, 1982, succeeding from the former Matapédia County Municipality. The region was subject to one of the last waves of colonization in Quebec, settled mostly by people from the Lower Saint-Lawrence between 1850 and 1950. It is a rural region in the Matapedia Valley crossed by the Notre Dame Mountains. Agriculture and logging, and its related industries (forestry and wood products), are the main economic activities.^[1]

There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec