Belcourt, Quebec

Belcourt
Municipality

Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Belcourt

Location in province of Quebec.

Coordinates: 48°24′N 77°21′W / 48.400°N 77.350°W / 48.400; -77.350Coordinates: 48°24′N 77°21′W / 48.400°N 77.350°W / 48.400; -77.350[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM La Vallée-de-l'Or
Settled 1915
Constituted October 24, 1918
Government[2]
  Mayor Carol Nolet
  Federal riding Abitibi—Baie-James—
Nunavik—Eeyou
  Prov. riding Abitibi-Est
Area[2][3]
  Total 420.60 km2 (162.39 sq mi)
  Land 411.18 km2 (158.76 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 239
  Density 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 6.6%
  Dwellings 123
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Y 2M0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 386

Belcourt is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.

History

Following the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, the area opened up for colonization. The new settlement was originally called Café or Coffee but renamed to Goulet, after the first permanent settler who arrived in 1915. In 1918, it was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Carpentier-et-Courville. Since there already was a Goulet Post Office in Bellechasse County, the place was officially renamed to Belcourt in 1958, in honour of Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt (1860-1932).[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 112 (total dwellings: 123)

Mother tongue:[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Belcourt (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  2. 1 2 "Belcourt". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  3. 1 2 "Belcourt census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. "Belcourt community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-13.



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