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La Mitis
La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (''The Mitis'') which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River. The county seat is in Mont-Joli. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Métis-sur-Mer * Mont-Joli ;Municipalities (6) * Grand-Métis * Les Hauteurs * Padoue * Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici * Sainte-Luce * Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski ;Parishes (7) * La Rédemption * Saint-Charles-Garnier * Saint-Donat * Sainte-Flavie * Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc * Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage * Saint-Octave-de-Métis ;Villages (1) * Price ;Unorganized Territory (2) * Lac-à-la-Croix * Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes Demographics Population Language Transportation Access routes Highways and numbered routes that run through th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian reserves that are enclaves within the territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Price, Quebec
Price is a village municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 1,729. The city of Mont-Joli provides the services necessary for the whole region. History It was the arrival of the Price Brothers and Company (of William Evan Price) that the village of Price was founded at the end of the 19th century. It was a suburb of Saint-Octave-de-Métis, which constituted a community of workers, who were employed at the saw mill. The parish of (Saint-Rémi-de-Métis) was detached from Saint-Octave-de-Métis in 1909. In 1916, the parish was erected. Ten years later, in 1926, the municipality was founded under the name Priceville. The name was modified in 1945 to avoid confusion with the village of Princeville in the Bois-Francs region of Quebec. A hydroelectric dam (Mitis I) was the first in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region after its construction in 1923, providing electricity to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage () is a parish municipality (Quebec), parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé, Quebec, Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east. Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the Seigneurial system of New France, colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry.:fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski. History The territory occupied by the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage was first granted to Gabriel Thivierge and Louis Lepage and became known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc () is a parish municipality (Quebec), parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 217. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Language See also * List of parish municipalities in Quebec References External links Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent {{BasSaintLaurent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Flavie, Quebec
Sainte-Flavie () is a parish municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, about northwest of Mont-Joli. It is named after Flavia, a martyred saint. Sainte-Flavie is the westernmost point of Route 132's loop around the Gaspé Peninsula at which the road intersects with itself. History Formerly, the territory of the municipality covered a much larger area, extending deeper inland until what is the current municipality of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc. In 1696, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, governor of New France, ceded the territory as a seigneury to Louis Lepage and Gabriel Thibierge. The territory was given the name of Lepage. However, the demographic development of the seigneury was long and progressive. Seigneur Lepage and Thibierge seemed to have little interest in clearing the land. They mostly contented themselves with hunting and fishing. The seigneury passed into the hands of the wealthy m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Saint-Donat () is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 835. History Saint-Donat was originally a sector of Sainte-Luce. Saint-Donat split from Sainte-Luce in 1869 to became the parish municipality of Saint-Donat. The original economic vocation of Saint-Donat was based almost entirely on forestry, as evidenced by the many remnants of the sawmills that once dotted the area. Later, like many other towns in the region, agriculture became the main activity. Writer Rejean Pigeon is from the area and one of his novel is set in Saint-Donat. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Donat had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec
Saint-Charles-Garnier () is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada. History Settlers began arriving in the area at the end of 1935. They came mainly from Priceville, Saint-Fabien, Sainte-Flavie, Saint-François-Xavier-des-Hauteurs and Saint-Simon-de-la-Baie-Ha! Ha!. A Catholic service was opened in 1937 and the first parish priest was appointed. The parish of Saint-Charles-Garnier was canonically erected in 1954. The municipality was officially created in 1966 and took the same name as the church. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Charles-Garnier had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of parish municipalities in Quebec This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rédemption, Quebec
La Rédemption () is a parish municipality located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. La Rédemption takes its toponym from redemption in the Christian faith. This refers to the fact that Jesus, through his sacrifice, redeemed humanity. History Before the founding of the municipality of La Rédemption, part of its bordering region was inhabited, a very long time ago, by a group of natives whose certain signs seem to indicate their presence near the current Chemin du Portage and of rang 8, at the mouth of the Rouge River on the Mitis River. The Rouge and Mitis rivers were a source of food and an important navigation route between the St. Lawrence and the Baie des Chaleurs. The various native clans had to portage through the falls and rapids to the lakes located upstream (now a single lake named Mitis) of the Mitis River and then down the Patapédia-Est then Patapédia rivers and, from there, choose other networks depending on your destination or continue on the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Quebec
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski () is a municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to January 31, 1998 it was known simply as Saint-Gabriel. The name pays homage to Father Gabriel Nadeau (1808-1869), first priest of the parish and parish priest of Sainte-Luce (1842-1869). Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the Provinces and te ... References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Luce, Quebec
Sainte-Luce () is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. The population in the Canada 2021 Census was 2,845. History The territory was known as of 1829 as the parish of Sainte-Luce, which was established in 1835. It became a municipality in 1855, but this same municipality had been created 1845 under the name of Lessard, for the name of the seigneurie which existed during the 16th century. The name of Sainte-Luce was given in honour of Luce-Gertrude Drapeau (1794–1880), wife of the local notary, Thomas Casault, one the persons that established the seigneurie when the parish was canonized. The patron saint was Saint Lucy. In 1918, the municipality of the village of Luceville was created from the territory of Sainte-Luce. Because it had one of the nicest beaches in the area, it had the nickname of Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer. The name of Luceville now identifies with the former municipality of the same name. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
