| Le Rocher-Percé | |
| Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
| Image Map1: | Quebec MRC Le Rocher-Percé location map.svg |
| Coordinates: | 48.3667°N -101°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Established Title: | Effective |
| Established Date: | April 1, 1981 |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Chandler |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Prefect |
| Leader Name: | Samuel Parisé |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,249.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3,076.80 |
| Population Total: | 17,282 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 8,969 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Rocher-Percé is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Chandler. Prior to July 17, 1999 it was known as Pabok Regional County Municipality.[1]
It is named after Percé Rock (the pierced rock), a massive arched sandstone rock rising from the Atlantic just off the tip of the Gaspé peninsula. The region includes the towns of Percé, Grande-Rivière, Port-Daniel–Gascons and Chandler. Major tourist attractions include the Percé Rock and Bonaventure Island.
There are 6 subdivisions within the RCM:
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 15,680 | 4.0% | 91.7% | 1,235 | 10.8% | 7.2% | 110 | 4.3% | 0.6% | 75 | 66.7% | 0.4% | ||||||||
| 16,325 | 2.1% | 91.35% | 1,385 | 5.3% | 7.75% | 115 | 283.3% | 0.64% | 45 | 81.6% | 0.25% | ||||||||
| 16,675 | 5.4% | 91.29% | 1,315 | 8.0% | 7.20% | 30 | 66.7% | 0.16% | 245 | 716.7% | 1.34% | ||||||||
| 17,620 | 8.8% | 91.91% | 1,430 | 13.6% | 7.46% | 90 | 60.0% | 0.47% | 30 | 14.3% | 0.16% | ||||||||
| 19,315 | n/a | 90.98% | 1,655 | n/a | 7.80% | 225 | n/a | 1.06% | 35 | n/a | 0.16% | ||||||||
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[2]