Mont-Carmel, Quebec

Mont-Carmel
Mont-Carmel
	Municipality
	; Location within Kamouraska RCM
	Mont-Carmel Location in eastern Quebec
	Coordinates: 47°26′23″N69°51′31″W / 47.43972°N 69.85861°W Coordinates: 47°26′23″N69°51′31″W / 47.43972°N 69.85861°W [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Kamouraska
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Denis Lévesque
• Federal riding	Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
• Prov. riding	Côte-du-Sud
Area [2] [3]
• Total	438.60 km2 (169.34 sq mi)
• Land	427.85 km2 (165.19 sq mi)
Population (2011) [3]
• Total	1,136
• Density	2.7/km2 (7/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.2%
• Dwellings	662
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1W0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 287
Website	www.mont-carmel.ca

Last updated April 25, 2019

Mont-Carmel is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, on the Canada–United States border.

The provinces and territories of Canada are sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada —were united to form a federated colony, becoming a sovereign nation in the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times, and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories. Together, the provinces and territories make up the world's second-largest country by area.

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. Regional County municipality seat is Saint-Pascal. The other main town is La Pocatière.

Geography

Spanning over 75% of the width of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in which it resides, Mont-Carmel is the second largest subdivision within the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality and borders the United States at its southwest limit.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Administrative region in Quebec, Canada

The Bas-Saint-Laurent, is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay which discharges into the Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed "Bas-du-Fleuve" (Lower-River). The region is formed by 8 regional county municipalities and 114 municipalities. In the south it borders Maine and New Brunswick, as well as the regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

Communities and locations

The following designated areas reside within the municipality's boundaries:^[1]

Eatonville – a hamlet located at 47°20′16″N69°41′01″W / 47.33778°N 69.68361°W / 47.33778; -69.68361 (Eatonville, Mont-Carmel, QC)
Lac-de-l'Est – a vacation cottage community located at 47°13′39″N69°35′26″W / 47.22750°N 69.59056°W / 47.22750; -69.59056 (Lac-de-l'Est, Dundee, QC)

A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church.

A cottage is, typically, a small house. It may carry the connotation of being an old or old-fashioned building. In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cosy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location.

Municipal council

Mayor: Denis Lévesque
Councillors: Colette Beaulieu, Luc Forgues, Lauréat Jean, Karine St-Jean, Kathleen Saint-Jean, Pierre Saillant

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References

1 2 Reference number 42055 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
1 2 Geographic code 14005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
1 2 "(Code 2414005) Census Profile". 2011 census . Statistics Canada. 2012.

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[toponymie-1] 1 2 Reference number 42055 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)

[mamrot-2] 1 2 Geographic code 14005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)

[cp2011-3] 1 2 "(Code 2414005) Census Profile". 2011 census . Statistics Canada. 2012.

v t e Subdivisions of Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Cities & Towns	La Pocatière Saint-Pascal
Municipalities	Kamouraska Mont-Carmel Rivière-Ouelle Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska Saint-André Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth Saint-Pacôme
Parishes	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Saint-Germain Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
Unorganized territories	Petit-Lac-Sainte-Anne Picard
Regional County Municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent: Kamouraska La Matapédia La Mitis Les Basques La Matanie Rimouski-Neigette Rivière-du-Loup Témiscouata Indian Reserves Cacouna Whitworth