Pointe-aux-Outardes, Quebec
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | |
|---|---|
| Village municipality | |
  Pointe-aux-Outardes | |
| Coordinates: 49°03′N 68°26′W / 49.050°N 68.433°WCoordinates: 49°03′N 68°26′W / 49.050°N 68.433°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Manicouagan |
| Constituted | January 1, 1964 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | André Lepage |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan |
| • Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 111.40 km2 (43.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 74.69 km2 (28.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,330 |
| • Density | 17.8/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 7.8% |
| • Dwellings | 604 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0H 1M0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 138 |
| Website | www.pointe-aux-outardes.ca |
Pointe-aux-Outardes is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, on the southern point of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.
The place is named after a piece of land that juts out into the Saint Lawrence River and partially encloses the Outardes Bay: Pointe aux Outardes. It literally means "Point of Bustards", but Outarde can also be translated as "Canada goose".[4] In fact, Canada geese and snow geese use the nearby Manicouagan River as a corridor in their annual migration and stopover at the point. The Innu called it Piletipistu Neshkâu, meaning "point of the Partridge River". But the term Outardes was used on Guérard's map of 1631 and on Franquelin's map of 1685 to identify the river that flows past the point into the St. Lawrence.[1]
Pointe-aux-Outardes is exceptionally rich in flora and fauna. Among its salt marshes, more than 175 species of birds have been counted.[1]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 1330 (2006 to 2011 population change: -7.8 %)
- Population in 2006: 1443
- Population in 2001: 1413
- Population in 1996: 1339
- Population in 1991: 1109
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 562 (total dwellings: 604)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 97.6%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 2.4%
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pointe-aux-Outardes (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Pointe-aux-Outardes
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Pointe-aux-Outardes census profile
- ↑ Office québécois de la langue française - Le grand dictionnaire terminologique
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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Baie-Comeau | | ||
| Outardes River / Chute-aux-Outardes, Ragueneau |
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Pointe-Lebel | ||
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| Saint Lawrence River |
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