Bonaventure | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°WCoordinates: 48°03′N 65°29′W / 48.050°N 65.483°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | April 8, 1981 |
County seat | New Carlisle |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Jean-Guy Poirier |
Area | |
• Total | 4,401.70 km2 (1,699.51 sq mi) |
• Land | 4,375.27 km2 (1,689.30 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 18,000 |
• Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 0.3% |
• Dwellings | 8,525 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
Bonaventure is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé Peninsula. Its seat is New Carlisle.
There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: