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Memramcook | |
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Village | |
Motto(s): | |
Location of Memramcook in New Brunswick | |
Coordinates: 45°58′52″N 64°34′01″W / 45.98111°N 64.56694°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Westmorland |
Parish | Dorchester Parish |
Settled | 1700s |
Incorporated | 1966 (as St. Joseph) |
Government | |
• Type | Town Council |
• Mayor | Maxime Bourgeois |
• Councillors | List of Members
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• MLA | Megan Mitton (Grn) |
• MP | Dominic Leblanc (L) |
Area | |
• Land | 186.64 km2 (72.06 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 5,029 |
• Density | 26.9/km2 (70/sq mi) |
• Change (2016–21) | 5.3% |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
Canadian postal code | E4K |
Area code | 506 |
Telephone Exchanges | 334, 758 |
GNBC Code | 1307013 |
Website | www.memramcook.com |
Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language. An agricultural village, it has a strong local patrimony, key to the history of the region. It was home to Mi'kmaqs for many years and was the arrival site of Acadians in 1700. A large part of these Acadians were deported in 1755, but the village itself survived.
The Collège Saint-Joseph was the first francophone university in the east of Canada, which opened its doors in 1864 and hosted/organized the first National Acadian Convention in 1881.