Back ماتان (كيبك) Arabic Matane ATJ Matane (munisipyo) CEB Wikipedia:Archives/ᒪᑕᓀ (ᐅᑌᓈᐤ) CR Matane German Matane, Quebec DIQ Matane Spanish Matane Estonian Matane (Quebec) Basque ماتان Persian
Matane | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Le succès dans l'effort (Success in effort) | |
 Location within La Matanie RCM. | |
  Matane Location in eastern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°51′N 67°32′W / 48.850°N 67.533°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Matanie |
| Constituted | September 26, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eddy Métivier |
| • Federal riding | Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
| • Town | 228.50 km2 (88.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 195.49 km2 (75.48 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 865.87 km2 (334.31 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Town | 13,987 |
| • Density | 71.5/km2 (185/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 18,474 |
| • Metro density | 21.3/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–21 |  2.3% |
| • Dwellings | 7,482 |
| Demonym(s) | Matanais, Matanaises |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132  R-195 |
| Geographical code | 24 08053 |
| Website | www |
Matane is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality.
In addition to Matane itself, the town's territory also includes the communities of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane.
There is a ferry service which crosses the river to Baie-Comeau and Godbout on the north shore as well as a rail ferry service to Baie-Comeau and Sept-Îles.[6]
The name Matane was first assigned to the river by Samuel de Champlain as "Mantanne" in 1603. Its meaning is open to different interpretations, with the most common one being that it comes from the Mi'kmaq word mtctan meaning "beaver pond", since the region had an abundant beaver population. It could also be a Maliseet word for "spinal cord", referring to the course of the Matane River; or from the word Mattawa/Matawin, meaning "meeting of the waters". Finally, it could be an abbreviation of the word matandipives, meaning "shipwreck".[1]
- ^ a b "Matane (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ a b "Matane". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ a b "Matane census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ a b "Matane (Census agglomeration) community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-04.. The census agglomeration consists of Matane, Saint-René-de-Matane, Saint-Ulric, Sainte-Félicité, Saint-Adelme and Saint-Léandre.
- ^ MV Georges-Alexandre-Lebe
- ^ "Train ferry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-15.