Baie-Saint-Paul | |
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 Baie-Saint-Paul skyline | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location within Charlevoix RCM | |
  Baie-Saint-Paul Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°27′N 70°30′W / 47.450°N 70.500°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Charlevoix |
| Constituted | January 3, 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michaël Pilote |
| • Federal riding | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
| • Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Area | |
| • City | 563.70 km2 (217.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 546.48 km2 (211.00 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • City | 7,146 |
| • Density | 13.1/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,535 |
| • Urban density | 760.0/km2 (1,968/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011–2016 |  2.5% |
| • Dwellings | 3,231 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138  R-362  R-381 |
| Website | www |
Baie-Saint-Paul (2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is situated at the mouth of the Gouffre River. It is known for its art galleries, shops and restaurants.
The place gained some prominence in the 1770s when Doctor Philippe-Louis-François Badelard named a disease he was researching the "Baie-Saint-Paul maladie". This illness was the subject of one of the first medical publications done in Lower Canada. It is also where Cirque du Soleil originated back in the early 1980s and the location of the first show using the name Cirque du Soleil during "La Fete Foraine de Baie-Saint-Paul" in 1984.
A visitor in the early 1800s noticed mineral springs and mineral resources in the area.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
toponymiewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Baie-Saint-Paul Archived 2011-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Baie-Saint-Paul census profile
- ^ Statistics Canada 2016 Census - Petite-Rivière-Saint-François census profile
- ^ Baddeley, Frederick Henry (1831). "Additional notes on the Geognosy of St. Paul's Bay". Transactions. Original Series. 2. Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.