Longue-Rive, Quebec
Longue-Rive is a municipality in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The municipality includes the communities of Sault-au-Mouton, Baie-des-Bacon, Pointe-à-Boisvert, Rivière-Éperlan and Saint-Paul-du-Nord.
Longue-Rive | |
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Municipality | |
Rue Principale in Sault-au-Mouton | |
Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM. | |
Longue-Rive Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 48°33′N 69°15′W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
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 | 312.77 km2 (120.76 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[4] | |
• Total | 1,026 |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | |
• Dwellings | 492 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0T 1Z0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways |
History
On May 7, 1997, the Village Municipality of Sault-au-Mouton and the Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord were merged into the new Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord–Sault-au-Mouton. 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 shores of the Saint Lawrence River.[1]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2016: 1026 {2011 to 2016 population change:-7.8%}
- Population in 2011: 1113 (2006 to 2011 population change: -11.6%)
- Population in 2006: 1259 {2001 to 2006 population change: -12.5%}
- Population in 2001: 1352 {1996 to 2001 population change:-4.1%}
- Population total in 1996: 1410 {1991 to 1996 population change:-6.4%}
- Saint-Paul-du-Nord (municipality): 767
- Sault-au-Mouton (village): 643
- Population total in 1991: 1491
- Saint-Paul-du-Nord (municipality): 789
- Sault-au-Mouton (village): 702
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 492 (total dwellings: 571)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.8%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.8%
See also
References
- "Longue-Rive (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Longue-Rive Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- "Longue-Rive, Quebec census profile". Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census