The Communauté maritime des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (), commonly designated as the Agglomeration of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, is located on the islands of the Magdalen Islands archipelago, that bathes in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 250 km from Gaspé, 120 km from

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, 90 km from Cape Breton Island and 150 km from

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. the municipality of

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine The Magdalen Islands (, ) are a Canadian archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Since 2005, the 12-island archipelago is divided into two municipalities: the majority-francophone Municipality of Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the majority-angloph ...

Municipalities

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(Magdalen Islands) municipality is located in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, in

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. Create in 2002, the urban agglomeration, is the merger of the municipality of the village of

Cap-aux-Meules Cap-aux-Meules (, "Grindstone") is a List of former municipalities in Quebec, former village, now a sector of the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. It is located on Cap aux Meules Island (Grindstone Island), part of the Magdal ...

and the municipalities of

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, Grande-Entrée, Havre-aux-Maisons, L'Étang-du-Nord and L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert. 960630 21a Grosse Ile

2. Grosse-Île municipality is located in

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, in

. The English-speaking community uses the term Magdalen Islands Maritime Community.

History

As part of the

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, the City of

was created on January 1, 2002 by the merger of the

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of Cap-aux-Meules and the

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Fatima, Grande-Entrée, Grosse-Île, Havre-aux-Maisons, L'Étang-du-Nord, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert. In a 2004 referendum both Cap-aux-Meules and Grosse-Île voted to de-merge, but in the end only Grosse-Île de-merged and became an independent municipality again on January 1, 2006. However, the legislation governing the de-merger process provided for the creation of a new municipal structure, an

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, which would continue to tie de-merged cities to their former partners for the provision of various municipal services. This provision was applied to join the municipalities of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Grosse-Île into an agglomeration. In 2016, the law Bill 83 allowed the agglomeration to be known under the name of Communauté maritime des Îles-de-la-Madeleine. This name is now generally used. 960616 14 Cap Meules

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Municipalities

History

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