New Carlisle, Quebec
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New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque although he was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Its population is approximately 1,388, approximately two-thirds of whom are anglophone and the remainder francophone. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.
New Carlisle | |
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Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
RCM | Bonaventure |
Settled | 1784 |
Constituted | February 1, 1877 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Daniel Thibault |
• Federal riding | Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
• Prov. riding | Bonaventure |
Area | |
• Total | 67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 45.00 m (147.64 ft) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 1,388 |
• Density | 20.5/km2 (53/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | 2.2% |
• Dwellings | 574 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-132 |
Website | www |
New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, the judicial district of Bonaventure,[5] and the regional base for the Ministry of Transports Quebec, which has an operations centre on the outskirts of town. New Carlisle has a post office, primary and high schools, five different churches and many services. Via Rail mothballed its operations between Matapédia and New Carlisle sometime [when?] around 2010.