Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec
Métis-sur-Mer | |
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Location within La Mitis RCM. |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Mitis |
Constituted | July 4, 2002 |
Boroughs | MacNider |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Jean-Pierre Pelletier |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 263.70 km2 (101.82 sq mi) |
• Land | 48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 607 |
• Density | 12.4/km2 (32/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 0.5% |
• Dwellings | 417 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0J 1S0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 132 |
Website | www |
Métis-sur-Mer is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It had a population of 607 in the Canada 2011 Census.[4]
Etymology
The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.
History
From 1818, John MacNider, the British Seigneur of Métis started settling the area with Scottish immigrants.
The city has a borough named MacNider, named for John MacNiders family, whose territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer.[5][6]
On July 4, 2002, the village of Métis-sur-Mer and the municipality of Les Boules merged to form the city of Métis-sur-Mer.[7]
Demographics
In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Métis-sur-Mer had a population of 644 living in 298 of its 427 total dwellings, a 6.6% change from its 2006 population of 604.[8] Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 607 living in 288 of its 417 total dwellings, a 0.5% change from 2006.[4] With a land area of 48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.482/km2 (32.328/sq mi) in 2011.[8][4]
See also
References
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Grand-Métis | Saint Lawrence River | ||
Saint-Octave-de-Métis | Baie-des-Sables | |||
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Padoue | Saint-Damase |
- ↑ Reference number 374643 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 09048 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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- ↑ Geographic code REC01 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ Reference number 377250 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modjuillet02.pdf
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