Official Name: | Grande-Digue |
Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Grande-Digue in New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kent County |
Leader Title: | MP |
Leader Title2: | Provincial Representative |
Leader Name: | Dominic LeBlanc (L) |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1767 |
Area Land Km2: | 46.04 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 2182 |
Population Density Km2: | 47.4 |
Timezone: | Atlantic (AST) |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 46.2737°N -64.5757°W |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Website: | http://www.grande-digue.net/ |
Grande-Digue (2011 pop.: 2,182) is a community in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, near Shediac.
The former local service district of Grande-Digue[1] took its name from the community.
The community is located in Dundas Parish, on the north-east shoreline of the Shediac Bay. Grand-Digue is located around the intersection of Grand Digue Rd and Route 530.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick. Following the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755, many Acadians found refuge in Grande-Digue. They did not receive land grants until 1791.[2]
The community is predominantly Acadian, and Acadian French is the most widely spoken language. However, due to the large number of summer tourists and cottagers, English is also spoken by virtually the entire population.
École Grande-Digue is the only school located in Grande-Digue. It is a K-8 school and is part of School District 11.[3] [4] High school students go to Polyvalente Louis-J.-Robichaud in Shediac.
See main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick.