Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick

Rivière-Verte
Parish
Rivière-Verte village
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°19′N 68°09′W / 47.317°N 68.150°W / 47.317; -68.150Coordinates: 47°19′N 68°09′W / 47.317°N 68.150°W / 47.317; -68.150
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1935
Area[1]
• Land	715.60 km2 (276.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	686
• Density	1.0/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	13.3%
• Dwellings	325
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Rivière-Verte is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Delineation

Rivière-Verte Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

All that part of the above described Parish of Saint-Basile, lying easterly of the described lines, namely: beginning at a point on the northern side of the Saint John River in the division line between the lots now owned and occupied by Ubalde Theriault, and Victor R. Cyr, thence following the said division line to the rear line of the St. John River lots, then following said rear line of the St. John River lots in a westerly direction till it strikes the lower line of lot No. 10, granted to James Smith, said lot No. 10 is lying between the rear line of the St. John River lots and Green River,^{[lower-alpha 1]} thence following said lower line of Lot No. 10 to the westerly side of Green River, thence across said Green River in a direct line to the southeasterly side of line lot No. 17, granted to Felix Martin, thence following said southeasterly side of said lot No. 17 till it strikes the rear line of lots of the first tier east of said Green River, thence in a northerly direction till it strikes the division line between lots No. 6 and 7 in tier second of said Green River, thence following said last division line till it strikes the rear line of lots in second tier east of said Green River, thence following the division line between lots No. 17 and 18 in the third tier east of said Green River, and thence following the division line between lots 21 and 22 in fourth tier east of said Green River till it strikes the rear line of lots in said fourth tier, thence following the rear line of lots in tier four in a northerly direction by a straight line to the boundary line between the Parishes of Madawaska and Saint-Basile, thence following said division line between the said Parishes of Madawaska and Saint-Basile to the Restigouche County line, thence following the said Restigouche County line to the westerly side of the division line between the Parishes of Sainte-Anne and Saint-Basile, thence following the said last division line to the Saint John River, and thence following up the said Saint John River to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Beardsley Depot
• Davis Mill
• Montagne-de-la-Croix
• Montagne-des-Roy
• Rang-des-Hubert
• Rivière-Verte

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		685		675	14.0%	98.54%		10	33.3%	1.46%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		810		785	4.3%	96.91%		15	0.0%	1.85%		10	0.0%	1.23%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		845		820	0.6%	97.04%		15	40.0%	1.78%		10	n/a%	1.18%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		850		825	n/a	97.06%		25	n/a	2.94%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Gounamitz River
• North Branch Gounamitz River
• South Branch Gounamitz River

Footnotes

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