Longue-Rive, Quebec

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Longue-Rive
Municipality
Rue Principale in Sault-au-Mouton
Longue-Rive
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°33′N 69°15′W / 48.550°N 69.250°W / 48.550; -69.250Coordinates: 48°33′N 69°15′W / 48.550°N 69.250°W / 48.550; -69.250[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM La Haute-Côte-Nord
Constituted May 28, 1997
Government[2]
  Mayor Donald Perron
  Federal riding Montmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
  Prov. riding René-Lévesque
Area[2][3]
  Total 317.80 km2 (122.70 sq mi)
  Land 309.27 km2 (119.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,113
  Density 3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 11.6%
  Dwellings 571
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0T 1Z0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 138

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.

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:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 1113 (2006 to 2011 population change: -11.6 %)
  • Population in 2006: 1259
  • Population in 2001: 1352
  • Population total in 1996: 1410
    • Saint-Paul-du-Nord (municipality): 767
    • Sault-au-Mouton (village): 643
  • Population in 1991:
    • Saint-Paul-du-Nord (municipality): 789
    • Sault-au-Mouton (village): 702

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 520 (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%
Parc des Chutes in Sault-au-Mouton
Saint-Paul-du-Nord

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Longue-Rive (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Longue-Rive
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Longue-Rive, Quebec census profile". Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-05-27. 
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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