La Haute-Gaspésie | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | March 18, 1981 |
County seat | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Allen Cormier |
Area | |
• Total | 5,139.50 km2 (1,984.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,066.02 km2 (1,956.00 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,088 |
• Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 2.0% |
• Dwellings | 6,292 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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.
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: