Mont-Saint-Pierre () is a
village municipality in
Quebec
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, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Haute-Gaspésie in the administrative region of
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.
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The village is located at the foot of the eponymous Mount Saint-Pierre. This high mount juts into the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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, separating Cove Mont-Louis from Cove Mont-Saint-Pierre, into which the Mont-Saint-Pierre River flows. The place was formerly called Rivière-à-Pierre.
The 2021 census there were 186 inhabitants.
Mont-Saint-Pierre is well known for
hang-gliding and
paragliding
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, and home to the
Mont-Saint-Pierre Ecological Reserve. The Festival of Free Flight (''Fête de Vol Libre'') is held each year since 1978.
History
Permanent settlement occurred in 1858. Its post office opened in 1904. In 1947, the village was incorporated when it separated from
Mont-Louis.
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Mont-Saint-Pierre 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.[
As of 2021, the population speaks almost exclusively French. The breakdown of mother tongues is:][
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 94.6%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 2.7%
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See also
* List of village municipalities in Quebec
This is the list of communities in Quebec that have the legal status of village municipalities (''village'', code=VL) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
This does not include Cree villages (code=VC), N ...
References
External links
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Tourisme Mont-Saint-Pierre
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Incorporated places in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Villages in Quebec