Petite-Vallée is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Petite-Vallée | |
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Municipality | |
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![]() Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Petite-Vallée Location in eastern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 49°13′N 65°02′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
RCM | La Côte-de-Gaspé |
Constituted | January 1, 1957 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Noel-Marie Clavet |
• Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
• Prov. riding | Gaspé |
Area | |
• Total | 40.80 km2 (15.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 39.28 km2 (15.17 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 178 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 97 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0E 1Y0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
The municipality was formed in 1957, when it separated from the Township Municipality of Cloridorme. Its name (French for "Little Valley") describes its location in the hollow of a shallow valley and dates back to at least 1754 when it appeared on a map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[1]
2021 | 2011 | |
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Population | 157 (-7.6% from 2016) | 178 (-28.2% from 2006) |
Land area | 39.90 km2 (15.41 sq mi) | 39.28 km2 (15.17 sq mi) |
Population density | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Median age | 62.8 (M: 61.6, F: 62.8) | 56.0 (M: 57.0, F: 55.0) |
Total private dwellings | 80 | 97 |
Median household income | $.N/A |
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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Petite-Vallée, Quebec[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
175 |
175 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
2006 |
260 |
260 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
2001 |
225 |
225 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
195 |
195 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
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