Grande-Vallée
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|settlement_type = Municipality
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|image_map = Grande-Vallée Quebec location diagram.png
|map_caption = Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Quebec
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = La Côte-de-Gaspé
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1842
|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = September 15, 1927
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|government_footnotes = {{mamrot |{{#property:P3856}} |access-date=2024-08-16}}
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Noel Richard
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Gaspé
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|area_total_km2 = 144.86
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|population_total = 1077
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|population_density_km2 = 7.5
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|population_blank2 = 595
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|timezone = EST
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|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|postal_code = G0E 1K0
|area_code = 418 and 581
|blank_name = Highways
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|website = {{URL|www.grande-vallee.ca}}
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Grande-Vallée ({{IPA|fr|ɡʁɑ̃d vale}}) 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
File:Vue de la colonie de Grande-Vallee, comte de Gaspe - 1943.jpg
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=26492 |title=Grande-Vallée (Municipalité) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |accessdate=2011-12-06 |language=French}}{{cite web |url=http://www.grande-vallee.ca/fr/municipalite-historique.php |title=Municipalité - Historique |publisher=Municipalité de Grande-Vallée |accessdate=2011-12-06 |language=French}}
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.
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.
Geography
=Communities=
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:
- Grande-Vallée-des-Monts ({{coord|49|10|19|N|65|11|05|W|name=Grande-Vallée-des-Monts, Grande-Vallée, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a hamlet located along Rivière de la Grande Vallée
- L'Anse-à-Mercier ({{coord|49|13|36|N|65|06|08|W|name=L'Anse-à-Mercier, Grande-Vallée, QC|scale:10000_type:city_region:CA-QC}}) – a hamlet located on the Saint Lawrence River
=Lakes & Rivers=
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
- Rivière de la Grande Vallée ({{coord|49|13|31|N|65|07|39|W|name=Rivière de la Grande Vallée, Grande-Vallée, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}) – a river that empties into Anse de la Rivière de la Grande Vallée
- Lac de la Confrérie ({{coord|49|11|06|N|65|06|23|W|name=Lac de la Confrérie, Grande-Vallée, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}) – a small lake located {{convert|5|km|mi}} southeast of Grande-Vallée village
- Lac du Rocher ({{coord|49|13|09|N|65|03|47|W|name=Lac du Rocher, Grande-Vallée, QC|type:river_region:CA-QC}}) – a lake that lies just south of Route 132
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Demographics
=Population=
{{Canada census
|location = Grande-Vallée
|2021_population=1,077 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.9 | 2021_land_area=144.16 | 2021_pop_density=7.5
|2021_median_age=59.2 | 2021_median_age_m=59.2 | 2021_median_age_f=59.2
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=595 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=530 |2021_mean_hh_income=60,400
|2021_geocode=2021A00052403020 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=1,057 | 2016_pop_delta=-7.0 | 2016_land_area=144.50 | 2016_pop_density=7.3
|2016_median_age=56.1 | 2016_median_age_m=56.0 | 2016_median_age_f=56.2
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=569 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=493 | 2016_mean_hh_income=51,520 | 2016_access_date=2024-08-16
|2011_population=1,137 |2011_pop_delta=-7.6 |2011_land_area=144.37 |2011_pop_density=7.9
|2011_median_age=52.1 |2011_median_age_m=51.4 |2011_median_age_f=52.5
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=572 |2011_mean_hh_income=47,360 |2011_access_date=2014-01-29
|2006_population=1,230 | 2006_pop_delta=-6.0 | 2006_land_area=144.37 | 2006_pop_density=8.5
|2006_median_age=46.6 | 2006_median_age_m=47.0 | 2006_median_age_f=46.0
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=552 | 2006_mean_hh_income=38,112 | 2006_access_date=2011-12-06
|2001_population=1,309 | 2001_pop_delta=-8.5 | 2001_land_area=144.37 | 2001_pop_density=9.1
|2001_median_age=42.3 | 2001_median_age_m=42.3 | 2001_median_age_f=42.2
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=535 | 2001_mean_hh_income=34,277 | 2001_access_date=2011-12-06
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{{Historical populations
| title= Historical Census Data - Grande-Vallée, Quebec
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| source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
| 1931 |928
| 1941 |827
| 1951 |1068
| 1956 |1263
| 1961 |1490
| 1966 |1461
| 1971 |1412
| 1976 |1493
| 1981 |1612
| 1986 |1561
| 1991 |1420
| 1996 |1431
| 2001 |1309
| 2006 |1230
| 2011 |1137
| 2016 |1057
| 2021 |1077
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=Language=
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!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grande-Vallée, QuebecStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census |
| Census
| ! Total |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|Other}} |
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| Year
| ! Responses | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % |
| {{center|2021}}
| | {{center|1,075}} | | 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% |
| {{center|2016}}
| | {{center|1,160}} | | 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% |
| {{center|2011}}
| | {{center|1,130}} | | 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% |
| {{center|2006}}
| | {{center|1,205}} | | 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% |
| {{center|2001}}
| | {{center|1,290}} | | 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% |
| {{center|1996}}
| | {{center|1,415}} | | 1,390 | n/a | 98.2% | | 25 | n/a | 1.8% | | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | | 0 | n/a | 0.0% |
Government
- 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Wikivoyage|Grande-Vallée and Petite-Vallée}}
- {{Official website}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Grande-Vallée
| North = Honguedo Strait
| Northeast =
| East = Petite-Vallée
Cloridorme
| Southeast = Rivière-Saint-Jean
| South = Collines-du-Basque
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| West = Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine
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{{La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM|state=expanded}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grande-Vallee, Quebec}}
Category:Incorporated places in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine