Petite-Vallée is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Petite-Vallée | |
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 Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM. | |
  Petite-Vallée Location in eastern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 49°13′N 65°02′W / 49.217°N 65.033°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | La Côte-de-Gaspé |
| Constituted | January 1, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Noel-Marie Clavet |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| • Prov. riding | Gaspé |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40.80 km2 (15.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 39.28 km2 (15.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 178 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  28.2% |
| • Dwellings | 97 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132 |
The municipality was formed in 1957, when it separated from the Township Municipality of Cloridorme. Its name (French for "Little Valley") describes its location in the hollow of a shallow valley, and dates back to at least 1754 when it appeared on a map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[1]
Demographics edit
Population edit
Canada census – Petite-Vallée community profile
| 2021 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 157 (-7.6% from 2016) | 178 (-28.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 39.90 km2 (15.41 sq mi) | 39.28 km2 (15.17 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Median age | 62.8 (M: 61.6, F: 62.8) | 56.0 (M: 57.0, F: 55.0) |
| Private dwellings | 80 (total) | 97 (total) |
| Median household income | $.N/A |
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Language edit
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| Census | Total | French
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English
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French & English
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Other
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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175
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175 | 32.7%
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100.00% | 0 |  0.0%
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0.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | |||||
2006
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260
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260 |  15.5%
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100.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | |||||
2001
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225
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225 | 15.4%
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100.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | 0 | 0.0%
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0.00% | |||||
1996
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195
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195 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
See also edit
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Grande-Vallée and Petite-Vallée.
References edit
- ^ a b "Petite-Vallée (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ^ a b "Petite-Vallée". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census