New Carlisle, Quebec

New Carlisle
Location within Bonaventure RCM.
Location within Bonaventure RCM.
New Carlisle is located in Eastern Quebec
New Carlisle
New Carlisle
Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°W / 48.017; -65.333[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionGaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCMBonaventure
Settled1784
ConstitutedFebruary 1, 1877
Government
 • MayorDaniel Thibault
 • Federal ridingGaspésie—
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
 • Prov. ridingBonaventure
Area
 • Total67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi)
 • Land67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi)
Elevation45.00 m (147.64 ft)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total1,388
 • Density20.5/km2 (53/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 2.2%
 • Dwellings
574
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.new-carlisle.ca

New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque although he was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Its population is approximately 1,388, approximately two-thirds of whom are anglophone and the remainder francophone. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.

New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, the judicial district of Bonaventure,[5] and the regional base for the Ministry of Transports Quebec, which has an operations centre on the outskirts of town. New Carlisle has a post office, primary and high schools, five different churches and many services. Via Rail mothballed its operations between Matapédia and New Carlisle sometime [when?] around 2010.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "New Carlisle". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cp2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference climate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.

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