Grand-Métis
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Grand-Métis () is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated where the Mitis River meets the Saint Lawrence River, and was developed from 1818 by the pioneering John MacNider.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Grand-Métis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Grand-Metis_rte-132_08-2009.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Grand-Métis Quebec location diagram.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within La Mitis RCM
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Eastern Quebec
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in eastern Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- RCM
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- La Mitis
- Settlement.established_title1
- Constituted
- Settlement.established_date1
- September 13, 1855
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marc-André Larrivée
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Federal riding
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- Grand-Métissienne
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- La Mitis
- Population
- 212
- Area
- 25.30
- Shares border with
- Métis-sur-Mer
- Official website
- www.municipalite.grand-metis.qc.ca
- Image
- Grand-Metis rte-132 08-2009.jpg
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- Commons category
- Grand-Métis
- inception
- 1855-09-13
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
- Population
- Language
- Attractions
- See also
- References
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Grand-Métis () is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated where the Mitis River meets the Saint Lawrence River, and was developed from 1818 by the pioneering John MacNider.
The names "Métis" and "Mitis" are said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place" or another referring to willow or poplar trees.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand-Métis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.