Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick

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Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
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Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°15′00″N67°56′15″W / 47.25°N 67.9375°W / 47.25; -67.9375
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Madawaska
Erected1922
Area
[1]
  Land186.30 km2 (71.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total
253
  Density1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
  Change 2016-2021
Decrease2.svg 8.0%
  Dwellings
117
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. [2]

Contents

For governance purposes, the parish is divided between the town of Vallée-des-Rivières [3] in the southwest and the Northwest rural district in the northeast, [4] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. [5]

Before the 2023 governance reforms, the entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. [6]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish. [7]

History

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was erected in 1922 from Sainte-Anne Parish. [7]

In 1946 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. [8]

Boundaries

Notre-Dames-de-Lourdes Parish is bounded: [2] [9] [10] [11]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; [9] [10] [11] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water [a] at least partly in the parish: [9] [10] [11]

Demographics

See also

Notes

  1. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

  1. 1 2 "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. 1 2 "11 Geo. V c. 18 An Act to Amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1921. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1921. pp. 155–166.
  8. "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
  9. 1 2 3 "No. 22". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 34, 35, 44, and 45 at same site.
  10. 1 2 3 "081" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 100, 101, 122, 123, and 144 at same site.
  11. 1 2 3 "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick
  14. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.



47°15′00″N67°56′15″W / 47.25000°N 67.93750°W / 47.25000; -67.93750 (Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick)