*** Welcome to piglix ***

La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Haute-Gaspésie
Regional county municipality
Location of La Haute-Gaspésie
Coordinates: 49°13′N 66°04′W / 49.217°N 66.067°W / 49.217; -66.067Coordinates: 49°13′N 66°04′W / 49.217°N 66.067°W / 49.217; -66.067
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Effective March 18, 1981
County seat Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Government
 • Type Prefecture
 • Prefect Allen Cormier
Area
 • Total 5,139.50 km2 (1,984.37 sq mi)
 • Land 5,066.02 km2 (1,956.00 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 12,088
 • Density 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 2.0%
 • Dwellings 6,292
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Website www.hautegaspesie.com

La Haute-Gaspésie (French pronunciation: ​[la ot gaspezi]) is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.

Prior to May 27, 2000, it was known as Denis-Riverin regional county municipality.

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:




...
Wikipedia

...