Roman numerals were used both in cities and in village municipalities with more settlements.

Prior to April 24, 2002 it was an independent village municipality.

In 1920, the village municipality is created under the same name.

Delson was founded in 1918 as a village municipality before obtaining its status of a city 21 February 1957.

Some village municipalities consist of several villages, while others are a single-village municipality.

Gaspé was first incorporated as a village municipality in 1855.

In 1921, the village municipality was officially established and named after the parish.

The village municipality changed its status to town (ville) on January 12, 1895.

The country contains 7 townships, 4 of which have town status, 76 administrative village municipalities and a total of 289 villages.

In 1981, this municipality and the village municipality were rejoined.