Longue-Rive | |
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Coordinates: 48°33′N 69°15′W / 48.550°N 69.250°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord |
Constituted | May 28, 1997 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Donald Perron |
• Federal riding |
Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
• Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
Area | |
• Total | 317.80 km2 (122.70 sq mi) |
• Land | 308.06 km2 (118.94 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[3] | |
• Total | 918 |
• Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 10.5% |
• Dwellings | 562 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-138 |
Longue-Rive is a municipality located on the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
The municipality includes the communities of Sault-au-Mouton, Baie-des-Bacon, Pointe-à-Boisvert, Rivière-Éperlan and Saint-Paul-du-Nord.
On May 1997, the Village Municipality of Sault-au-Mouton [4] and the Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord [5] were merged into the new Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord–Sault-au-Mouton. [6] The municipal council had 12 months to request for a name change, in consultation with its population. The new name Longue-Rive was chosen out of a list of 10 options through a referendum on May 26, 1998, and approved by the government on September 22, 1998. Longue-Rive (French for "long shore") refers to the municipality's location along the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River. [1]
PopulationPopulation trend: [7]
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Mother tongue:
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Région administrative Côte-Nord (09) – MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord (950) - Division du recensement-Canada La Haute-Côte-Nord - Circonscription électorale René-Lévesque (906)
Since 1997, it has been located in the northern sector of the new municipality of Longue-Rive, created by the merger of the former municipalities of Sault-au-Mouton and Saint-Paul-du-Nord.
Located in the bay of Mille-Vaches, Saint-Paul-du-Nord has been the northern sector of the new municipality of Longue-Rive since 1997
The reason for attributing this name is that the white bubbling of the foam at the foot of the waterfall may have reminded the white wool of the sheep
Longue-Rive | |
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Coordinates: 48°33′N 69°15′W / 48.550°N 69.250°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord |
Constituted | May 28, 1997 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Donald Perron |
• Federal riding |
Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
• Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
Area | |
• Total | 317.80 km2 (122.70 sq mi) |
• Land | 308.06 km2 (118.94 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[3] | |
• Total | 918 |
• Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 10.5% |
• Dwellings | 562 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-138 |
Longue-Rive is a municipality located on the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
The municipality includes the communities of Sault-au-Mouton, Baie-des-Bacon, Pointe-à-Boisvert, Rivière-Éperlan and Saint-Paul-du-Nord.
On May 1997, the Village Municipality of Sault-au-Mouton [4] and the Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord [5] were merged into the new Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord–Sault-au-Mouton. [6] The municipal council had 12 months to request for a name change, in consultation with its population. The new name Longue-Rive was chosen out of a list of 10 options through a referendum on May 26, 1998, and approved by the government on September 22, 1998. Longue-Rive (French for "long shore") refers to the municipality's location along the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River. [1]
PopulationPopulation trend: [7]
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Mother tongue:
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Région administrative Côte-Nord (09) – MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord (950) - Division du recensement-Canada La Haute-Côte-Nord - Circonscription électorale René-Lévesque (906)
Since 1997, it has been located in the northern sector of the new municipality of Longue-Rive, created by the merger of the former municipalities of Sault-au-Mouton and Saint-Paul-du-Nord.
Located in the bay of Mille-Vaches, Saint-Paul-du-Nord has been the northern sector of the new municipality of Longue-Rive since 1997
The reason for attributing this name is that the white bubbling of the foam at the foot of the waterfall may have reminded the white wool of the sheep