Longue-Rive, Quebec

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.

Longue-Rive
Municipality
Rue Principale in Sault-au-Mouton
Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM.
Longue-Rive Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
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 [2]
• Mayor	Donald Perron
• Federal riding	Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord
• Prov. riding	René-Lévesque
Area [2][3]
• Total	317.80 km^2 (122.70 sq mi)
• Land	312.77 km^2 (120.76 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	1,026
• Density	3.3/km^2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	7.8%
• Dwellings	492
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0T 1Z0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138

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:[5]

• Population in 2016: 1026 {2011 to 2016 population change:-7.8%}
• Population in 2011: 1113 (2006 to 2011 population change: -11.6%)
• Population in 2006: 1259 {2001 to 2006 population change: -12.5%}
• Population in 2001: 1352 {1996 to 2001 population change:-4.1%}
• Population total in 1996: 1410 {1991 to 1996 population change:-6.4%}
  • Saint-Paul-du-Nord (municipality): 767
  • Sault-au-Mouton (village): 643
• Population total in 1991: 1491
  • Saint-Paul-du-Nord (municipality): 789
  • Sault-au-Mouton (village): 702

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 492 (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

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Longue-Rive (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Longue-Rive Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Longue-Rive, Quebec census profile". Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census