Rivière-du-Loup

{{Infobox settlement | name = Rivière-du-Loup | official_name = | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Downtown Rivière-du-Loup | image_flag = Drapeau de Rivière-du-Loup.png | flag_size = | image_seal = Logo Rivière-du-Loup.png | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Rivière-du-Loup Quebec location diagram.png | map_caption = Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Canada Eastern Quebec | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in eastern Quebec | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Bas-Saint-Laurent | subdivision_type3 = RCM | subdivision_name3 = Rivière-du-Loup | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1850 as Fraserville | established_title1 = Constituted | established_date1 = December 30, 1998 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mario Bastille | leader_title1 = MP | leader_name1 = Bernard Généreux (C) | leader_title2 = MNA | leader_name2 = Amélie Dionne (C) | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 138.40 | area_land_km2 = 83.74 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_footnotes = | area_urban_km2 = 20.17 | area_metro_footnotes = | area_metro_km2 = 543.02 | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use It is one of the largest cities in Bas-Saint-Laurent.

==History== The city was named after the nearby river, whose name means ''Wolf's River in French. This name may have come from a native tribe known as "Les Loups" ("The Wolves") or from the many seals, known in French as loup-marin'' (sea wolves), once found at the river's mouth.