Avignon Regional County Municipality is located in eastern Quebec, Canada, in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. It is on the Gaspé peninsula along Baie des Chaleurs. The regional county municipality seat is Nouvelle. Its largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer. Route 132 is the primary highway that runs through Avignon. (Statistics Canada, 2001)