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Mont-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

Mont-Saint-Pierre
Village municipality
Mont-Saint-Pierre-en-Gaspés.jpg
Location within La Haute-Gaspésie RCM.
Location within La Haute-Gaspésie RCM.
Mont-Saint-Pierre is located in Eastern Quebec
Mont-Saint-Pierre
Mont-Saint-Pierre
Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°13′N 65°49′W / 49.217°N 65.817°W / 49.217; -65.817Coordinates: 49°13′N 65°49′W / 49.217°N 65.817°W / 49.217; -65.817
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCM La Haute-Gaspésie
Settled 1858
Constituted January 1, 1947
Government
 • Mayor Lynda Laflamme
 • Federal riding Haute-Gaspésie—La
Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. riding Gaspé
Area
 • Total 51.50 km2 (19.88 sq mi)
 • Land 53.20 km2 (20.54 sq mi)
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contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)
 • Total 192
 • Density 3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 16.5%
 • Dwellings 130
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0E 1V0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Census profile 2404015
MAMROT info 04015
Toponymie info 42208
Website www.mont-saint-pierre.ca

Mont-Saint-Pierre is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Haute-Gaspésie in the administrative region of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

The village is located at the foot of the eponymous Mount Saint-Pierre. This 411 metres (1,348 ft) high mount juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, separating Cove Mont-Louis from Cove Mont-Saint-Pierre, into which the Mont-Saint-Pierre River flows. The place was formerly called Rivière-à-Pierre.

The 2006 census there were 230 inhabitants.

Mont-Saint-Pierre is well known for hang-gliding and paragliding, and home to the Mont-Saint-Pierre Ecological Reserve. The Festival of Free Flight (Fête de Vol Libre) is held each year since 1978.

Permanent settlement occurred in 1858. Its post office opened in 1904. In 1947, the village was incorporated when it separated from Mont-Louis.




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