Basse-Côte-Nord Territory (, , meaning "lower north shore") was a
territory equivalent to a regional county municipality
An equivalent territory (, ), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
Quebec is divided into 87 regional county m ...
(TE) in eastern
Quebec
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, Canada. The territory, whose
geographical code was 982, was formed in 2002 when it separated from the
Minganie Regional County Municipality and was superseded by
Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality that was formed in July 2010.
Together with Minganie RCM, Basse-Côte-Nord formed the census division of Minganie–Basse-Côte-Nord (now renamed
Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent), whose geographical code is 98.
Basse-Côte-Nord had a land area of and a
2006 census population of 5,505 inhabitants. It included all the communities along the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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between the
Natashquan River and the
Newfoundland and Labrador
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border, but it had no regional administration.
Basse-Côte-Nord consisted of the following subdivisions, with their
geographic codes in parentheses:
* Municipality of
Blanc-Sablon (98005)
* Municipality of
Bonne-Espérance (98010)
* Municipality of
Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (98015)
* Municipality of
Gros-Mécatina (98014)
* Municipality of
Saint-Augustin (98012)
* Indian reserve of
La Romaine (98804)
* Indian settlement of
Pakuashipi (98802), located within the legal territory of Saint-Augustin.
References
Minganie--Basse-Côte-Nord Census Division, QuebecStatistics Canada
External links
Tourism Lower North Shore (English)Tourisme Basse-Côte-Nord (Français)Blanc-Sablon TourismLocal website
The Lower North Shore Community Web Sitedatabase of municipalitieson the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.
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Former territories equivalent to a regional county municipality
Côte-Nord
States and territories established in 2002
States and territories disestablished in 2010
2002 establishments in Quebec
2010 disestablishments in Quebec
Populated places disestablished in 2010
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