Grande-Vallée is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Grande-Vallée | |
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Municipality | |
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![]() Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Grande-Vallée Location in eastern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 49°13′N 65°08′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
RCM | La Côte-de-Gaspé |
Settled | 1842 |
Constituted | September 15, 1927 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Noel Richard |
• Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
• Prov. riding | Gaspé |
Area | |
• Total | 142.10 km2 (54.87 sq mi) |
• Land | 144.37 km2 (55.74 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 3,512 |
• Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 572 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0E 1K0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | www |
Its name (French for "Great Valley") describes its location in a large fertile valley through which the Grand Vallée River flows.
In 1691, Governor General Frontenac granted the area to François Hazeur, a prosperous merchant from Quebec City. The seignory, called La Grande-Vallée-des-Monts, stretched from Rivière-Magdeleine Seignory in the west to the Saint-Hélier portage in the east. It was inherited by Hazeur's son-in-law, Michel Sarrazin, a surgeon, biologist, and doctor of the King.[1][4]
In September 1758, the Wolfe's troop chatched a French at Grande-Vallée. It's te deportation of Gaspésie.
Grande-Vallée was founded in 1842. Alexis Caron, of Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny, his wife Angélique Frigault and his kids, ...
No colonization took place until the 1830s, when fishermen of Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny occupied the place during the summer. In 1842, Alexis Caron and his family, also from Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny, became the first permanent settlers. In 1846, the mission of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Grande-Vallée was founded. In 1872, the post office opened.[1][4]
In 1927, the village was incorporated as a parish municipality, with Arthur S. Fournier as first mayor, although its status as parish municipality was not officially recognized until 1995. In 2005, Grande-Vallée changed its status from parish municipality to just municipality.[1][4]
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 1,077 (+1.9% from 2016) | 1,137 (-7.6% from 2006) |
Land area | 144.16 km2 (55.66 sq mi) | 144.37 km2 (55.74 sq mi) |
Population density | 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi) | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
Median age | 59.2 (M: 59.2, F: 59.2) | 52.1 (M: 51.4, F: 52.5) |
Total private dwellings | 530 | 572 |
Median household income | $47,360 |
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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grande-Vallée, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
1,130 |
1,125 | ![]() |
99.56% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 5 | ![]() |
0.44% | |||||
2006 |
1,205 |
1,205 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
2001 |
1,290 |
1,290 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
1,415 |
1,390 | n/a | 98.23% | 25 | n/a | 1.77% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
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