Les Méchins
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Les Méchins is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, about 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of Matane along Quebec Route 132.
Les Méchins | |
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Coordinates: 49°00′N 66°59′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Matanie |
Settled | 1850s |
Constituted | November 27, 1982 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Sébastien Barriault |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 469.80 km2 (181.39 sq mi) |
• Land | 441.39 km2 (170.42 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 995 |
• Density | 2.3/km2 (6/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 0.8% |
• Dwellings | 671 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-132 |
Website | www |
In addition to Les Méchins (formerly known as Grands-Méchins) itself, the municipality also includes the communities of Anse-des-Méchins, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-Centre, Les Îlets Méchins, and Petits-Méchins.
The name Méchins is of uncertain origin although according to one theory, it may come from the French word méchants, meaning "wicked", and referring to rocks in the sea that would make navigation there dangerous. Another, less likely suggestion is that it may be a transformation of "Matsi", a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall one-eyed monster of Mi'kmaq folklore who would come down from the mountains with a stick as big as a tree to terrorize the local people.[1]