La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality
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La Haute-Gaspésie () 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 eastern
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, Canada, on the
Gaspé peninsula The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia (, ; ), is a peninsula along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick on it ...
. The regional county municipality seat is in
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, () is a city in La-Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec province, in Canada. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is located close to the Chic-Choc Mountains on the south shore of ...
. Prior to May 27, 2000, it was known as Denis-Riverin Regional County Municipality.


Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Cap-Chat *
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, () is a city in La-Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec province, in Canada. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is located close to the Chic-Choc Mountains on the south shore of ...
;Municipalities (4) * La Martre * Rivière-à-Claude * Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine * Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis ;Villages (2) * Marsoui * Mont-Saint-Pierre ;Unorganized Territory (2) * Coulée-des-Adolphe * Mont-Albert


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Access Routes

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
/ref> *Autoroutes **None *Principal Highways ** ** *Secondary Highways ** *External Routes **None


See also

*
List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec This is a list of the regional county municipalities (RCM or MRC) and equivalent territories (TE) in the province of Quebec, Canada. They are given along with their geographical codes as specified by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Region ...


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* Regional county municipalities in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Census divisions of Quebec {{Quebec-geo-stub