La Côte-de-Gaspé | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W / 49.167°N 64.917°WCoordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W / 49.167°N 64.917°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Gaspé |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | François Roussy |
Area | |
• Total | 4,306.50 km2 (1,662.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 4,097.66 km2 (1,582.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 17,985 |
• Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 0.5% |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
La Côte-de-Gaspé is a regional county municipality on the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. The seat is Gaspé.
The regional county has a land area of 4,097.66 km² (1,581.91 sq mi) and a Canada 2011 Census population of 17,985 inhabitants. Its largest community is the city of Gaspé.
There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: