Grande-Rivière, Quebec
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| Grande-Rivière | ||
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| Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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| Location within Le Rocher-Percé RCM. Location within Le Rocher-Percé RCM. |
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 Grande-Rivière |
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Quebec |
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| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |
| RCM | Le Rocher-Percé | |
| Constituted | September 21, 1974 | |
| Government[2] | ||
| • Mayor | Bernard Stevens | |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |
| • Prov. riding | Gaspé | |
| Area[2][3] | ||
| • Total | 105.00 km2 (40.54 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 87.49 km2 (33.78 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[3] | ||
| • Total | 3,456 | |
| • Density | 39.5/km2 (102/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  1.4% |
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| • Dwellings | 1,566 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G0C 1V0 | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Highways |  Route 132 |
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| Website | www |
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Grande-Rivière is a city in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Québec in Canada.
In addition to Grande-Rivière itself, the town's territory also includes the communities of Grande-Rivière-Ouest, Petite-Rivière-Ouest, and Petit Pabos.
Demographics
Population
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Language
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French
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English
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French & English
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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2011
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3,450
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3,390 | 2.0% |
98.26% | 40 | 14.3% |
1.16% | 10 | n/a% |
0.29% | 10 |  77.8% |
0.29% | |||||
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2006
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3,405
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3,325 | 5.4% |
97.65% | 35 | 75.0% |
1.03% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | 45 | 350.0% |
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2001
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3,555
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3,515 | 7.6% |
98.87% | 20 | 71.4% |
0.56% | 10 | 33.3% |
0.28% | 10 | n/a% |
0.28% | |||||
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1996
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3,890
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3,805 | n/a | 97.81% | 70 | n/a | 1.80% | 15 | n/a | 0.39% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Attractions
L'Église de Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption is a large Roman Catholic church with 1.500 seats which was completed in 1893. The church has a Casavant organ dating from 1954.
See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 72412 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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