Magdalen Islands
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Key facts
- Location
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence
- Area
- 205.53 km (79.36 sq mi)
- Province
- Quebec
- Population
- 12,781 (2011)
- Pop density
- 62.2/km (161.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- AST ( UTC−4 )
- Summer dst
- ADT ( UTC−3 )
- Area code
- 418, 581
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Area
- 205.53
- Elevation
- 155
- Body of water
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence
- Official website
- www.ilesdelamadeleine.com
- Image
- Etang-du-nord.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
The Magdalen Islands (French: Îles de la Madeleine, pronounced [il də la madlɛn]) are a Canadian archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Since 2005, the 12-island archipelago is divided into two municipalities: the majority-francophone Municipality of Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the majority-anglophone Municipality of Grosse-Île, in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magdalen Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.