Magdalen Islands

The Magdalen Islands
Native name: Menagoesenog
	The Magdalen Islands
Geography
Location	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Coordinates	47°26′54″N 61°45′08″W / 47.44833°N 61.75222°W
Area	205.53 km2 (79.36 sq mi)
Administration
	Canada
Province	Quebec
Demographics
Population	12,781 (2011)
Pop. density	62.2/km2 (161.1/sq mi)
Additional information
Time zone	AST (UTC−4);
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC−3);
Area code(s)	418, 581

The Magdalen Islands^[1] (French: Îles de la Madeleine) are an 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, Canada.^[2]^[3]

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240705160845/https://micami.ca/
^ "Les Îles de la Madeleine". Commission de toponymie Quebec (in French). Government of Quebec. 1968-12-05. Retrieved 29 February 2024. In 1534, Jacques Cartier explored the islands and left the first certain evidence of European visits to the archipelago
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240705160804/https://www.tourismeilesdelamadeleine.com/en/commodities/Municipalities/

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240705160845/https://micami.ca/

[Les_îles_de_la_Madeleine_Toponymy-2] "Les Îles de la Madeleine". Commission de toponymie Quebec (in French). Government of Quebec. 1968-12-05. Retrieved 29 February 2024. In 1534, Jacques Cartier explored the islands and left the first certain evidence of European visits to the archipelago

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240705160804/https://www.tourismeilesdelamadeleine.com/en/commodities/Municipalities/

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