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La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Côte-de-Gaspé
Regional county municipality
Location of La Côte-de-Gaspé
Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W / 49.167°N 64.917°W / 49.167; -64.917Coordinates: 49°10′N 64°55′W / 49.167°N 64.917°W / 49.167; -64.917
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 Increase 0.5%
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.cotedegaspe.ca

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:




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