Colombier, Quebec

Colombier
Municipality

Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM.
Colombier

Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.

Coordinates: 48°52′N 68°51′W / 48.867°N 68.850°W / 48.867; -68.850Coordinates: 48°52′N 68°51′W / 48.867°N 68.850°W / 48.867; -68.850[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM La Haute-Côte-Nord
Constituted January 1, 1946
Government[2]
 • Mayor Jean-Claude Degrace
 • Federal riding Montmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
 • Prov. riding René-Lévesque
Area[2][3]
 • Total 381.70 km2 (147.38 sq mi)
 • Land 365.76 km2 (141.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 747
 • Density 2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 8.6%
 • Dwellings 393
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0H 1P0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 138
Website www.municipalite.
colombier.qc.ca

Colombier is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Côte-Nord region and the regional county municipality of La Haute-Côte-Nord. It is located along Route 138, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south-west of Baie-Comeau.

It includes the population centres of (Sainte-Thérèse-de-) Colombier, Les Îlets-Jérémie, and Saint-Marc-de-Latour.

History

While some logging took place in the middle of the 19th century, real impetus to its development was due to the economic crisis of the 1930s, when government authorities encouraged resettlement of the unemployed by opening the area for agriculture. In 1932, Saint-Marc-de-Latour was formed with the construction of a sawmill. In 1935, the Parish of Sainte-Thérèse-des-Colombiers was formed. Also that year, pioneers set up 20 camps and built the road along the Saint Lawrence River. In 1937, the post office opened, then designated as Rivière-Colombier, named after the Colombier River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence that flows through the municipality.[1][4]

In 1946, the Municipality of Colombier was formed, named after the river, which in turn was named after Charles-Roger des Colombiers (1628-1687), fur trader, citizen and alderman of Quebec, who had been granted a fief in that territory in 1677.[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 355 (total dwellings: 393)

Mother tongue:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Colombier (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 95050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "Colombier census profile". Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Municipalité de Colombier" (in French). Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Lac-au-Brochet Pessamit
  Colombier  
Forestville Saint Lawrence River


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