Ragueneau, Quebec

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Ragueneau
Parish municipality
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Ragueneau
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°04′N68°32′W / 49.067°N 68.533°W / 49.067; -68.533 Coordinates: 49°04′N68°32′W / 49.067°N 68.533°W / 49.067; -68.533 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM Manicouagan
Settled 1920
Constituted March 7, 1951
Named for Paul Ragueneau [1]
Government [2]
 • Mayor Claude Lavoie
 •  Federal riding Manicouagan
 •  Prov. riding René-Lévesque
Area [2] [3]
 • Total 213.20 km2 (82.32 sq mi)
 • Land 185.56 km2 (71.65 sq mi)
Population (2011) [3]
 • Total 1,405
 • Density 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011Decrease2.svg 7.6%
 • Dwellings 661
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0H 1S0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
HighwaysQc138.svg Route 138
Website www.municipalite.
ragueneau.qc.ca

Ragueneau is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, on Outardes Bay on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

Quebec Province of Canada

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.

Saint Lawrence River Large river in eastern Canada and the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

The Saint Lawrence River is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a roughly north-easterly direction, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. It traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is part of the international boundary between Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York. This river provides the basis for the commercial Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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History

The first settlers arrived in 1920, mostly from Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Les Escoumins, and Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf. That same year, Ragueneau Township was proclaimed and named after Jesuit Paul Ragueneau (1608-1680). In 1926, its post office opened. [1]

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Three communities developed concurrently along the shores of the Saint Lawrence: Rivière-à-la-Truite in the north-east, Ruisseau-Vert in the centre, and Ragueneau in the south-west. The main administrative, commercial, cultural, and religious activities concentrated in Ruisseau-Vert, so that over time this community became known as Ragueneau itself. In 1951, the Parish Municipality of Ragueneau was incorporated. [1]

Demographics

Population trend: [4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 607 (total dwellings: 661)

Mother tongue:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ragueneau (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Ragueneau
  3. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Ragueneau census profile
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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