Colombier, Quebec

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.

Colombier
Municipality
Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM.
Colombier
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°52′N 68°51′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMLa Haute-Côte-Nord
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1946
Government
 • MayorJean-Claude Degrace
 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingRené-Lévesque
Area
 • Total381.70 km2 (147.38 sq mi)
 • Land365.76 km2 (141.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total747
 • Density2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 8.6%
 • Dwellings
393
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0H 1P0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 138
Websitewww.municipalite.
colombier.qc.ca

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]

  • Population in 2011: 747 (2006 to 2011 population change: -8.6%)
  • Population in 2006: 817
  • Population in 2001: 890
  • Population in 1996: 947
  • Population in 1991: 973

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

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 1.8%
  • French as first language: 96.3%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1.8%

See also

References
  1. "Colombier (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  2. Geographic code 95050 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "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



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