Ragueneau | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Côte-Nord Region Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec |
Coordinates: | 49.0667°N -100°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1920 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | March 7, 1951 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Raymond Lavoie |
Area Total Km2: | 215.37 |
Area Land Km2: | 179.83 |
Population Total: | 1314 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 7.3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 2.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 713 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Ragueneau is a parish municipality located on Outardes Bay, on the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River, in Côte-Nord region, Manicouagan RCM, in Quebec, Canada.
The first settlers arrived in 1920, mostly from Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Les Escoumins, and Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf. That same year, Ragueneau Township was proclaimed and named after Jesuit Paul Ragueneau (1608-1680). In 1926, its post office opened.[1]
Three communities developed concurrently along the shores of the Saint Lawrence: Rivière-à-la-Truite in the north-east, Ruisseau-Vert in the centre, and Ragueneau in the south-west. The main administrative, commercial, cultural, and religious activities concentrated in Ruisseau-Vert, so that over time this community became known as Ragueneau itself. In 1951, the Parish Municipality of Ragueneau was incorporated.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ragueneau had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 179.83km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
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