La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on the Gaspé peninsula
Gaspé Peninsula
The Gaspésie , or Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé, is a peninsula along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, extending into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
. The regional county municipality seat is in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is a city in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, a small city between mountains and sea, it is on the south shore of the St-Lawrence river estuary.-History:...
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Cities
- Cap-ChatCap-Chat, QuebecCap-Chat is a town in the Canadian province of Québec, in the Regional County Municipality of Haute-Gaspésie, and in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Its geographical co-ordinates are lat. 49°6′ N; long. 66°41′ W. Cap-Chat is found 16 km west of...
- Sainte-Anne-des-MontsSainte-Anne-des-Monts, QuebecSainte-Anne-des-Monts is a city in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, a small city between mountains and sea, it is on the south shore of the St-Lawrence river estuary.-History:...
Municipalities
- La MartreLa Martre, QuebecLa Martre is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.The communities of Cap-au-Renard. Christie and Sainte-Marthe-de-Gaspé are included under this municipality....
- Rivière-à-ClaudeRivière-à-Claude, QuebecRivière-à-Claude is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada....
- Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-MadeleineSainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine, QuebecSainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada....
- Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-LouisSaint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, QuebecSaint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis is a municipality in Quebec. Located in the administrative region of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the regional county municipality of La Haute-Gaspésie, the municipality comprises the communities of Mont-Louis, Ruisseau-des-Olives, L'Anse-Pleureuse, Les...
Village municipalities
- MarsouiMarsoui, QuebecMarsoui is a village in Quebec....
- Mont-Saint-PierreMont-Saint-Pierre, QuebecMont-Saint-Pierre is a village in Quebec located in the regional county municipality of La Haute-Gaspésie in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine.The place was called before Rivière-à-Pierre.The 2006 census there were 230 inhabitants....
Unorganized territories
- Coulée-des-Adolphe
- Mont-Albert
Highways
Principal highways- Route 132Quebec route 132Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...
- Route 198Quebec route 198Route 198 is a 132 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. It acts both as a shortcut to get to Gaspé without having to go through many small villages and steep climbs on Route 132, and it also is the only link to Murdochville, the...
Secondary highways
- Route 299Quebec route 299Route 299 is a 137 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in Quebec, Canada. It starts at the junction of Route 132 in Cascapédia-Saint-Jules, runs through Gaspésie National Park and ends at the junction of Route 132 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts...