La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality
La Côte-de-Gaspé | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W / 49.167°N 64.917°WCoordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W / 49.167°N 64.917°W[1] | |
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Province |
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Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Gaspé |
Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | François Roussy |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 4,306.50 km2 (1,662.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 4,097.66 km2 (1,582.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 17,985 |
• Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website |
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La Côte-de-Gaspé is a regional county municipality on the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. The seat is Gaspé.
The regional county has a land area of 4,097.66 km² (1,581.91 sq mi) and a Canada 2011 Census population of 17,985 inhabitants. Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.
Subdivisions
There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile | |||
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2011 | 2006 | ||
Population: | 17,985 (+0.5% from 2006) | 17,888 (-3.5% from 2001) | |
Land area: | 4,097.66 km2 (1,582.12 sq mi) | 4,097.13 km2 (1,581.91 sq mi) | |
Population density: | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) | |
Median age: | 48.4 (M: 47.9, F: 48.9) | 45.7 (M: 45.3, F: 46.1) | |
Total private dwellings: | 8,486 | 8,026 | |
Median household income: | $50,936 | $43,255 | |
References: 2011[4] 2006[5] earlier[6] |
Historical Census Data - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
17,830 |
15,860 | 88.95% | 1,735 | 9.73% | 175 | 0.98% | 60 | 0.34% | |||||||||
2006 |
17,635 |
15,395 | 87.30% | 1,920 | 10.89% | 110 | 0.62% | 210 | 1.19% | |||||||||
2001 |
18,275 |
16,240 | 88.86% | 1,845 | 10.10% | 135 | 0.74% | 55 | 0.30% | |||||||||
1996 |
20,585 |
17,955 | n/a | 87.22% | 2,365 | n/a | 11.49% | 215 | n/a | 1.04% | 50 | n/a | 0.24% |
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 141099 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2403) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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