Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Regional County Municipality

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 47°24′N 61°48′W / 47.400°N 61.800°W / 47.400; -61.800Coordinates: 47°24′N 61°48′W / 47.400°N 61.800°W / 47.400; -61.800[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Effective April 1981[1]
Dissolved December 31, 2001
County seat Havre-aux-Maisons
Government
 • Type Prefecture
Area[1][2]
 • Land 205.53 km2 (79.36 sq mi)
Population (2001)[2]
 • Total 12,824
 • Density 62.4/km2 (162/sq mi)
 • Change (1996–2001) Decrease7.1%
 • Dwellings 5,289
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 418

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Regional County Municipality was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada.[1]

It was formed in 1981, and dissolved when all of its component municipalities amalgamated into the new Municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine on January 1, 2002,[3] as part of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec.

Based on the last census prior to its dissolution, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine consisted of:[2]

Name Type/status Land area in km2 2001 population 1996 population
Cap-aux-Meules Village 3.60 1659 1661
Fatima Municipality 26.00 2686 2966
Grande-Entrée Municipality 7.81 660 692
Grosse-Île Municipality 37.30 543 567
Havre-aux-Maisons Municipality 39.66 2057 2211
L'Étang-du-Nord Municipality 25.76 2944 3087
L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert Municipality 65.41 2275 2618
Totals 205.53 12,824 13,802

Following a 2004 referendum, the municipality of Grosse-Île separated from Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and was reestablished on January 1, 2006. It is no longer incorporated within any regional county municipality, but remains part of the urban agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "2001 Census profile: Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec (Municipalité régionale de comté)".
  3. ↑ "Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-05-20.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/2/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.