Grande-Vallée, Quebec
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 Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM. |
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 Grande-Vallée
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| Coordinates: 49°13′N 65°08′W / 49.217°N 65.133°WCoordinates: 49°13′N 65°08′W / 49.217°N 65.133°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | La Côte-de-Gaspé |
| Settled | 1842 |
| Constituted | September 15, 1927 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nathalie Côté |
| • 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 |
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| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,137 |
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 7.6% |
| • Dwellings | 572 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0E 1K0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 132
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| Website | www |
Grande-Vallée is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
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.
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.
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.
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
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