Marsoui
Sign in to saveMarsoui () is a village municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada.
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- Demonym
- Marsoise
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- La Haute-Gaspésie
- Population
- 273
- Area
- 177.10
- Shares border with
- La Martre
- Official website
- municipalites-du-quebec.com/marsoui
- Image
- Marsoui.jpg
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- Marsoui
- inception
- 1950-01-01
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Marsoui () is a village municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada.
The name Marsoui is thought to originate from the Mi'kmaq word malseoui, meaning "flint" which is abundant in the area. However, another theory explains that it comes from the French word marsouin, the vernacular term for porpoise or beluga whale that used to be present in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in large numbers. Alternate spellings used over time were Marsouis, Marsoin, and Marsouins.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marsoui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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