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Gaspé

town in Québec, Canada

Key facts

Country: Canada
Province: Quebec
Region: Gaspésie–, Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Rcm: La Côte-de-Gaspé
Constituted: January 1, 1971
Mayor: Daniel Côté
Federal riding: Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
Prov riding: Gaspé
Total: 1,356.22 km (523.64 sq mi)
Land: 1,118.77 km (431.96 sq mi)
Urban: 7.05 km (2.72 sq mi)
Elevation: 34.10 m (111.9 ft)
Density: 13.5/km (35/sq mi)
Urban density: 545.8/km (1,414/sq mi)
Pop 2016 21: 3.4%
Dwellings: 7,352
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( EST )
Summer dst: UTC−04:00 (EDT)

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Gaspé ( French pronunciation: [ɡaspe]) is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec in Canada. Gaspé is about 650 km (400 mi) northeast of Quebec City and 350 km (220 mi) east of Rimouski. Gaspé has a total population of 15,063, as of the 2021 Canadian Census.

Gaspé is where Jacques Cartier took possession of New France (now part of Canada) in the name of François I of France on July 24, 1534.