Renous (2010 population: 1000+) is a Canadian rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
Located where the Renous River discharges into the Southwest Miramichi River, Renous makes up part of the local service district of Renous-Quarryville.
Renous is 5 kilometres east of Blackville where the majority of students attend school.
The community is the site of the Atlantic Institution, a Correctional Service of Canada maximum-security prison located on the site of a former Canadian Forces ammunition depot. [1]