Matane

For other uses, see Matane (disambiguation).

Matane
Town
Skyline of Matane
Coat of arms
Motto:  Le succès dans l'effort et La capitale de l’Est (Success in effort)
Location within La Matanie RCM
Matane Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°51′N 67°32′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Matanie
Constituted	September 26, 2001
Government
• Mayor	Eddy Métivier
• Federal riding	Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area
• Total	230.44 km2 (88.97 sq mi)
• Land	195.49 km2 (75.48 sq mi)
• Urban	10.16 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
• Metro	865.87 km2 (334.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	13,987
• Density	71.5/km2 (185/sq mi)
• Urban	10,371
• Urban density	1,020.7/km2 (2,644/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)	G4W
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-132 R-195
Geographical code	24 08053
Website	www.ville.matane.qc.ca

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Matane (French pronunciation: [matan] ^ⓘ) 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.

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".