L'Isle-aux-Coudres

L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Municipality
Location within Charlevoix RCM
Location within Charlevoix RCM
L'Isle-aux-Coudres is located in Central Quebec
L'Isle-aux-Coudres
L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°24′N 70°23′W / 47.400°N 70.383°W / 47.400; -70.383
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMCharlevoix
Settled1728
ConstitutedAugust 23, 2000
Government
[1]
 • MayorChristyan Dufour
 • Federal ridingMontmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
 • Prov. ridingCharlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
[1][2]
 • Total100.96 km2 (38.98 sq mi)
 • Land29.46 km2 (11.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total1,116
 • Density37.9/km2 (98/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 2.4%
 • Dwellings
760
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0A 1X0
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.municipaliteiac.ca Edit this at Wikidata

L'Isle-aux-Coudres, is a municipality located on island aux Coudres, in the St. Lawrence River, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec, Canada.

Variations of the official name are: La Baleine, L'Île-aux-Coudres, Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres and Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres. Locally, the following variants are also noted: Île aux Coudriers, Île Elbow, Île aux Marsouins and Île aux Socles.[3][4]

Whereas the modern French spelling for "island" is île, the municipality uses the old French spelling of Isle. Its population centres include La Baleine in the north-east, (Saint-Louis-de-)l'Isle-aux-Coudres in the south, and Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer in the north-west facing Baie-Saint-Paul.

Access to the island are by sea (ferry) and air (airport). The free ferry service connects Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer to Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive on the north shore of the gulf.[5][6]

It was the setting for the classic 1963 National Film Board of Canada documentary Pour la suite du monde.

  1. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 16023". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. ^ a b "L'Isle-aux-Coudres (Code 2416023) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Island aux Coudres was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "L'Isle-aux-Coudres (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie Quebec (in French). Government of Quebec. 2000-11-09. Retrieved 2023-12-31. Variations of official name: La Baleine, L'Île-aux-Coudres, Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres and Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres. Locally, there are also the following variants: Île aux Coudriers, Île Elbow, Île aux Marsouins and Île aux Socles.
  5. ^ "Île aux Coudres Airport" (in French). 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31. Small airport whit one pist 17/35. pseudo-code OACI de CTA3
  6. ^ "Ferry L'Isle-aux-Coudres – Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive". La Société des traversiers du Québec. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31. Schedule