La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality
La Haute-Gaspésie | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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Coordinates: 49°13′N 66°04′W / 49.217°N 66.067°WCoordinates: 49°13′N 66°04′W / 49.217°N 66.067°W[1] | |
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Province |
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Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | March 18, 1981 |
County seat | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts |
Government[2] | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Allen Cormier |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 5,139.50 km2 (1,984.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,066.02 km2 (1,956.00 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 12,088 |
• Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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• Dwellings | 6,292 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website |
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La Haute-Gaspésie (French pronunciation: [la ot gaspezi]) is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.
Prior to May 27, 2000, it was known as Denis-Riverin regional county municipality.[4]
Subdivisions
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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2011 | 2006 | ||
Population: | 12,088 (-2.0% from 2006) | 12,329 (-3.1% from 2001) | |
Land area: | 5,066.02 km2 (1,956.00 sq mi) | 5,066.02 km2 (1,956.00 sq mi) | |
Population density: | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) | |
Median age: | 51.0 (M: 50.6, F: 51.4) | 47.6 (M: 47.1, F: 48.1) | |
Total private dwellings: | 6,292 | 5,850 | |
Median household income: | $38,749 | $31,655 | |
References: 2011[3] 2006[5] earlier[6] |
Historical Census Data - La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Haute-Gaspésie 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 |
11,970 |
11,840 | 98.91% | 65 | 0.54% | 20 | 0.17% | 45 | 0.38% | |||||||||
2006 |
12,170 |
12,010 | 98.69% | 20 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.08% | 130 | 1.07% | |||||||||
2001 |
12,495 |
12,415 | 99.36% | 50 | 0.40% | 10 | 0.08% | 20 | 0.16% | |||||||||
1996 |
13,610 |
13,485 | n/a | 99.08% | 60 | n/a | 0.44% | 45 | n/a | 0.33% | 20 | n/a | 0.15% |
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 361730 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 040 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ "Modification aux municipalités du Québec, 2000" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. ISSN 0843-8250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-05-09.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ "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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