La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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La Côte-de-Gaspé (French pronunciation: [la kot də ɡaspe] ⓘ) 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.
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 | 4,347.89 km2 (1,678.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,088.39 km2 (1,578.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 17,547 |
| • Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016-21) |  2.5% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
The regional county has a land area of 4,098.80 square kilometres (1,582.56 sq mi) and its population was 17,547 inhabitants as of the 2021 Census.[3] Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.
Subdivisions
There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – La Côte-de-Gaspé community profile
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 17,547 (+2.5% from 2016) | 17,117 (-4.8% from 2011) | 17,985 (+0.5% from 2006) |
| Land area | 4,088.39 km2 (1,578.54 sq mi) | 4,098.80 km2 (1,582.56 sq mi) | 4,097.66 km2 (1,582.12 sq mi) |
| Population density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Median age | 52.0 (M: 51.2, F: 52.4) | 51.1 (M: 50.5, F: 51.6) | 48.4 (M: 47.9, F: 48.9) |
| Private dwellings | 8,906 (total) 8,034 (occupied) | 8,648 (total) | 8,486 (total) |
| Median household income | $69,500 | $57,676 | $50,936 |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec[7][8][9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
16,855 |
14,965 |  5.6% |
88.8% | 1,600 | 7.8% |
9.5% | 185 | 5.7% |
1.1% | 105 | 75.0% |
0.6% | |||||
2011 |
17,830 |
15,860 | 3.0% |
88.95% | 1,735 | 9.6% |
9.73% | 175 | 59.1% |
0.98% | 60 | 71.4% |
0.34% | |||||
2006 |
17,635 |
15,395 | 5.2% |
87.30% | 1,920 | 4.1% |
10.89% | 110 | 18.5% |
0.62% | 210 | 281.8% |
1.19% | |||||
2001 |
18,275 |
16,240 | 9.6% |
88.86% | 1,845 | 22.0% |
10.10% | 135 | 37.2% |
0.74% | 55 | 10.0% |
0.30% | |||||
1996 |
20,585 |
17,955 | n/a | 87.22% | 2,365 | n/a | 11.49% | 215 | n/a | 1.04% | 50 | n/a | 0.24% | |||||
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[10]
