Longue-Rive
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Longue-Rive is a municipality located on the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
Longue-Rive | |
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Coordinates: 48°33′N 69°15′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord |
Constituted | May 28, 1997 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Donald Perron |
• Federal riding | Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
• Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
Area | |
• Total | 321.18 km2 (124.01 sq mi) |
• Land | 308.06 km2 (118.94 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 918 |
• Density | 3.0/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016-21) | 10.5% |
• Dwellings | 562 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-138 |
Website | longuerive |
The municipality includes the communities of Sault-au-Mouton, Baie-des-Bacon, Pointe-à-Boisvert, Rivière-Éperlan and Saint-Paul-du-Nord.
On June 2, 1898, the Township Municipality of Saint-Paul de Mille-Vaches was formed when it split off from the Municipality of Escoumains. It changed statutes on July 4, 1931, to become the Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord.[4]
On January 1, 1947, the Village Municipality of Sault-au Mouton was created when it separated from Saint-Paul-du-Nord.[5]
On May 1997, the Village Municipality of Sault-au-Mouton[6] and the Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord[7] were merged into the new Municipality of Saint-Paul-du-Nord–Sault-au-Mouton.[8] 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 shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River.[1]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 1,352 | — |
2006 | 1,259 | −6.9% |
2011 | 1,113 | −11.6% |
2016 | 1,026 | −7.8% |
2021 | 918 | −10.5% |
Source: Statistics Canada[9] |
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Source: Statistics Canada[10] |
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