| Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 49.2333°N -83°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 Haute-Gaspésie |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | February 27, 1915 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Joël Côté |
| Leader Name2: | Gaspé |
| Area Total Km2: | 264.92 |
| Area Land Km2: | 262.35 |
| Population Total: | 289 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 224 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0E 1P0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It has the longest municipal name in Quebec.[1]
The municipality includes the communities of Madeleine-Centre, Manche-d'Épée, and Rivière-la-Madeleine.
The community of Manche-d'Épée is home to the Manche-d'Épée Ecological Reserve.
The Seignory of the Rivière-de-la-Madeleine was first granted to Antoine Caddé in 1679, then to Denis Riverin in 1689, taking its name from the Madeleine River which flows its territory. The toponym could refer to, the first missionary of the place who, however, never went to Canada or the Gaspé region.
In 1874, the Parish of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was founded and the local post office opened in 1889 under the name Petite-Magdeleine. In 1916, the place was incorporated as the Municipality of Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue – Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 280 | 16.4% | 96.6% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 335 | 6.9% | 101.5% | 5 | n/a% | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 360 | 12.2% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 410 | 14.6% | 98.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
| 480 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | ||||||||