Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Les Méchins is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, about 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of Matane along Quebec Route 132.In addition to Les Méchins (formerly known as Grands-Méchins) itself, the municipality also includes the communities of Anse-des-Méchins, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-Centre, Les Îlets Méchins, and Petits-Méchins.The name Méchins is of uncertain origin although according to one theory, it may come from the French word méchants, meaning \"wicked\", and referring to rocks in the sea that would make navigation there dangerous. Another, less likely suggestion is that it may be a transformation of \"Matsi\", a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall one-eyed monster of Mi'kmaq folklore who would come down from the mountains with a stick as big as a tree to terrorize the local people."@en }
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- Les_Méchins,_Quebec abstract "Les Méchins is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, about 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of Matane along Quebec Route 132.In addition to Les Méchins (formerly known as Grands-Méchins) itself, the municipality also includes the communities of Anse-des-Méchins, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-Centre, Les Îlets Méchins, and Petits-Méchins.The name Méchins is of uncertain origin although according to one theory, it may come from the French word méchants, meaning \"wicked\", and referring to rocks in the sea that would make navigation there dangerous. Another, less likely suggestion is that it may be a transformation of \"Matsi\", a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall one-eyed monster of Mi'kmaq folklore who would come down from the mountains with a stick as big as a tree to terrorize the local people.".