Belledune (2006 population: 1,711) is a Canadian village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
The little community of Belledune represents an amalgamation of Jacquet River, Armstrong Brook, and Belledune in 1994. Belledune's population meets the requirements for "Town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick but it has not requested a change in municipal status.
The village was first settled by Francois Guitard in 1799, and settlers from the Miramichi Valley moved to Belledune after the 1825 Great Miramichi Fire.
Belledune underwent unprecedented development during the era of premier Louis Robichaud (1960's) when a major regional port was built to service various industries on the north shore of New Brunswick. The first major industrial projects at the port included a lead and zinc smelter and fertilizer plant, built in support of the lead and zinc mines opened south of Bathurst during the 1950s. NB Power opened the Belledune Generating Station, a coal-fired thermal generating station, at the port in 1993.
The Main attractions to this small town is the great feeling of small-town life that you get as you drive through our town, beautiful beaches, Mom and Pop's owned stores, and the feeling of leaving all of your stress behind from the busy hussle and bussle of big city life. Shawn George Noel famous for the "McRage" currently resides in Belledune. He has been quoted several times for calling Belledune, New Brunswick "Beautiful Belledune".