Le Rocher-Percé () is a

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 municipalit ...

in the

Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine () is an administrative region of Quebec consisting of the Gaspé Peninsula () and the . It lies in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern extreme of southern Quebec. The predominant economic activities are fishing, forestry and tourism. ...

region of

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, Canada. Its seat is Chandler. Prior to July 17, 1999, it was known as Pabok Regional County Municipality. 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 six subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & towns (3) * Chandler * Grande-Rivière * Percé ;Municipalities (2) * Port-Daniel–Gascons * Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé ;Unorganized territory (1) * Mont-Alexandre

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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* Regional county municipalities in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Census divisions of Quebec {{Quebec-geo-stub