La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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La Haute-Gaspésie | |
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Coordinates: 49°13′N 66°04′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | March 18, 1981 |
County seat | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Guy Bernatchez |
Area | |
• Total | 5,139.50 km2 (1,984.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,066.06 km2 (1,956.02 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 11,316 |
• Density | 2.2/km2 (6/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 6.4% |
• Dwellings | 6,282 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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Prior to May 27, 2000, it was known as Denis-Riverin Regional County Municipality.[4]