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Percé

City, 3,129 residents (2026)48° 31′ N, 64° 13′ WName of French origin

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    Around Percé

    Type of activity

    In the municipality, within 5 km

    Villages and areas: Secteur historique Charles-Robin (300 m), Le Trou-de-Chat (300 m), Secteur du Rocher-Percé (900 m), Irlande (3.6 km), Secteur de la Bande-Marine (3.7 km), White-Head-Percé (4.3 km), Secteur de l'Île-Bonaventure (4.8 km)

    5 km to 10 km

    Villages and areas: Cannes-de-Roches (6.6 km), Coin-du-Banc (7.2 km), Weygand (7.5 km), L'Anse-à-Beaufils (9.1 km), La Grand-Mare (9.4 km), Rang-Saint-Paul (9.6 km)

    10 km to 20 km

    Villages and areas: Knoxbridge (11 km), De Forceville (11 km), Belle-Anse (11 km), Mal-Bay (11 km), Pointe-Saint-Pierre (12 km), Barachois (12 km), Bridgeville (12 km), Barachois-Ouest (13 km)

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    Villages, hamlets and areas of Percé

    Barachois, Barachois-Nord, Barachois-Ouest, Belle-Anse, Bougainville, Bridgeville, Cannes-de-Roches, Cap-d'Espoir, Cape Cove, Coin-du-Banc, De Forceville, Irlande, Knoxbridge, L'Anse-à-Beaufils, La Grand-Mare, La Montée, La Souricière, Le Trou-de-Chat, Mal-Bay, Ory, Pointe-Saint-Pierre, Prével, Rail, Rang-Saint-Paul, Saint-Georges-de-Malbaie, Secteur de l'Île-Bonaventure, Secteur de la Bande-Marine, Secteur du Rocher-Percé, Secteur historique Charles-Robin, Val-d'Espoir, Vauquelin, Weygand, White-Head-Percé

    History and growth

    1. 1971Founded (date according to Wikidata)
    2. January 1, 1971Incorporation as ville
    3. December 24, 19764 former names registered on the same day with the Commission de toponymie: Barachois, Bridgeville, Cap-d'Espoir, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Malbaie No 2. These are mostly the names of the former municipalities, parishes and villages merged into Percé, not successive name changes.
    4. December 26, 2021Part of the territory ceded to: Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé (19 residents)
    4,840 residents in 1,986, 3,129 in 2,026. Estimates from the ISQ and census data, via the MAMH.

    Read the full history on Wikipedia

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