Grande-Vallée
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Grande-Vallée (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Its name (French for "Great Valley") describes its location in a large fertile valley through which the Grand Vallée River flows.
History
In 1691, Governor General Frontenac granted the area to François Hazeur, a prosperous merchant from Quebec City. The seignory, called La Grande-Vallée-des-Monts, stretched from Rivière-Magdeleine Seignory in the west to the Saint-Hélier portage in the east. It was inherited by Hazeur's son-in-law, Michel Sarrazin, a surgeon, biologist, and doctor of the King.[1][2]
No colonization took place until the 1830s, when fishermen of Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny occupied the place during the summer. In 1842, Alexis Caron and his family, also from Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny, became the first permanent settlers. In 1846, the mission of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Grande-Vallée was founded. In 1872, the post office opened.[1][2]
On September 15, 1927, the village was incorporated as a parish municipality, with Arthur S. Fournier as first mayor, although its status as parish municipality was not officially recognized until 1995. In 2005, Grande-Vallée changed its status from parish municipality to just municipality.[1][2]
Geography
Communities
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
- Grande-Vallée-des-Monts (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) – a hamlet located along Rivière de la Grande Vallée
- L'Anse-à-Mercier (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) – a hamlet located on the Saint Lawrence River
Lakes & Rivers
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
- Rivière de la Grande Vallée (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) – a river that empties into Anse de la Rivière de la Grande Vallée
- Lac de la Confrérie (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) – a small lake located Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Grande-Vallée village
- Lac du Rocher (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) – a lake that lies just south of Route 132
Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,075 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,065 | Increase 1.4% | 99.1% | 5 | Steady 0.0% | 0.5% | 0 | Decrease 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2016 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,160 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,050 | Decrease 6.7% | 99.1% | 5 | Increase n/a% | 0.5% | 5 | Increase n/a% | 0.5% | 0 | Decrease 100.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2011 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,130 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,125 | Decrease 2.0% | 99.6% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 | Increase n/a% | 0.4% | |||||
2006 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,205 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,205 | Decrease 6.6% | 100.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2001 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,290 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,290 | Decrease 7.2% | 100.0% | 0 | Decrease 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
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1,390 | n/a | 98.2% | 25 | n/a | 1.8% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
Government
List of former mayors:[4]
- Arthur S. Fournier (1927–1933)
- Wilfrid Fournier (1933–1945)
- Georges Fournier (1945–1951)
- Robert Lebreux (1951–1959, 1960–1969)
- Rodolphe Fournier (1959–1960)
- Rock Fournier (1969–1978)
- Jean Claude Côté (1978–1986)
- Nelson Fournier (1986–1993)
- Sylvain Bouchard (1993–2005)
- Gabriel Minville (2005–2009)
- Nathalie Côté (2009–2017)
- Noël Richard (2017–present)
See also
References
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External links
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