La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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La Côte-de-Gaspé | |
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Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Gaspé |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | François Roussy |
Area | |
• Total | 4,306.50 km2 (1,662.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 4,098.80 km2 (1,582.56 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 17,117 |
• Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 4.8% |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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The regional county has a land area of 4,098.80 square kilometres (1,582.56 sq mi) and its population was 17,117 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census.[3] Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.