Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality
Rocher-Percé is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Chandler. Prior to July 17, 1999 it was known as Pabok Regional County Municipality. [4]
Le Rocher-Percé | |
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Coordinates: 48°22′N 64°37′W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Effective | April 1, 1981 |
County seat | Chandler |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Nadia Minassian |
Area | |
• Total | 3,249.20 km2 (1,254.52 sq mi) |
• Land | 3,076.80 km2 (1,187.96 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 17,282 |
• Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 8,969 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
It is named after Percé Rock (the pierced rock), a massive arched sandstone rock rising from the Atlantic just off the tip of the Gaspé peninsula. The region includes the towns of Percé, Grande-Rivière, Port-Daniel–Gascons and Chandler. Major tourist attractions include the Percé Rock and Bonaventure Island.
Subdivisions
There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
Population
Canada census – Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec community profile | |||
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2016 | 2011 | 2006 | |
Population: | 17,282 (-3.9% from 2011) | 17,979 (-2.5% from 2006) | 18,437 (-4.5% from 2001) |
Land area: | 3,076.80 km2 (1,187.96 sq mi) | 3,077.81 km2 (1,188.35 sq mi) | 3,077.78 km2 (1,188.34 sq mi) |
Population density: | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) | 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi) |
Median age: | 53.9 (M: 53.2, F: 54.7) | 50.6 (M: 50.0, F: 51.3) | 47.1 (M: 46.4, F: 47.8) |
Total private dwellings: | 8,969 | 8,622 | 8,669 |
Median household income: | $47,957 | $38,549 | $36,080 |
References: 2016[5] 2011[6] 2006[7] earlier[8] |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
17,100 |
15,680 | ![]() |
91.7% | 1,235 | ![]() |
7.2% | 110 | ![]() |
0.6% | 75 | ![]() |
0.4% | |||||
2011 |
17,870 |
16,325 | ![]() |
91.35% | 1,385 | ![]() |
7.75% | 115 | ![]() |
0.64% | 45 | ![]() |
0.25% | |||||
2006 |
18,265 |
16,675 | ![]() |
91.29% | 1,315 | ![]() |
7.20% | 30 | ![]() |
0.16% | 245 | ![]() |
1.34% | |||||
2001 |
19,170 |
17,620 | ![]() |
91.91% | 1,430 | ![]() |
7.46% | 90 | ![]() |
0.47% | 30 | ![]() |
0.16% | |||||
1996 |
21,230 |
19,315 | n/a | 90.98% | 1,655 | n/a | 7.80% | 225 | n/a | 1.06% | 35 | n/a | 0.16% |
Transportation
Access Routes
![](../I/m/Route_132_(vers_Perc%C3%A9).jpg)
Quebec Route 132 near Percé
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[11]
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gollark: Simmermails and Tinfoils.
gollark: `Pruze Dwaggon (Wostorn)`
gollark: `Prase Drogon (Eztern)`
gollark: Alternatively, the same names with one letter misspelt.
gollark: Fun* idea: make new dragons with the same sprites and name and stuff as prizes, but with a different egg description and dropping as unconmons in the cave.
References
- Reference number 351206 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 020 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Le Rocher-Percé, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/mod0799.pdf%5B%5D
- "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- "(Code 2402) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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