| Grande-Vallée | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 49.2167°N -73°W |
| 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 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Noel Richard |
| Leader Name2: | Gaspé |
| Area Total Km2: | 144.86 |
| Area Land Km2: | 144.16 |
| Population Total: | 1077 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 1.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 595 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0E 1K0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Grande-Vallée 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.
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]
The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:[1]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grande-Vallée, Quebec[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 1,125 | 2.0% | 99.56% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 5 | n/a% | 0.44% | ||||||||
| 1,205 | 6.6% | 100.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 1,290 | 7.2% | 100.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 1,390 | n/a | 98.23% | 25 | n/a | 1.77% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | ||||||||
List of former mayors:[4]