Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is the smallest municipality, in land area and population, of the Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality.
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Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | |
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Coordinates: 48°25′N 64°25′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
RCM | Le Rocher-Percé |
Constituted | September 6, 1930 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Roberto Blondin |
• Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
• Prov. riding | Gaspé |
Area | |
• Total | 34.60 km2 (13.36 sq mi) |
• Land | 34.45 km2 (13.30 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 979 |
• Density | 28.4/km2 (74/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 3.5% |
• Dwellings | 504 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-132 |
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Fishing is its primary business, and its harbour handles the fourth highest value of seafood in Quebec. Its factories, employing hundreds of people, process snow crab, rock crab, and lobster.[5]
In addition to the village of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé itself, the municipality also includes the community of Saint-Isidore.