Cocagne () is a Canadian community, formerly part of an eponymous

local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...

(LSD) and later incorporated rural community, in Kent County, New Brunswick.

History

It was named after

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, a mythical paradise in medieval French literature. It is located at the mouth of the

Cocagne River Cocagne () is a Canadian community, formerly part of an eponymous local service district (LSD) and later incorporated rural community, in Kent County, New Brunswick. History It was named after Cockaigne, a mythical paradise in medieval Fre ...

on the Northumberland Strait. William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name as ''Wijulmacadie'', referring to a plant found along the river. In 1866 Cocagne was a farming community with about 65 families: in 1871 the community and surrounding district had a population of 900: in 1898 Cocagne was a sub-port of entry with a population of 250. A post office branch has been located here since 1837. On 1 January 2023, the rural community of Cocagne amalgamated with all or part of six LSDs to form the new rural community of Beausoleil. The community's name remains in official use, as do those of other communities within the former rural community.

Geography

The community is located around the mouth of the

in Cocagne Bay at the crossroads of Route 535 and

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. Cocagne is also located on the northern terminus of Route 530

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Cocagne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

*École Blanche-Bourgeois

Notable people

* Auguste Théophile Léger (1852-1923) - New Brunswick politician * Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872-1939) - New Brunswick politician, clerk, landlord and merchant. * Allison Dysart (1880-1962) - New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge * Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud (1890-1971) - New Brunswick political figure and jurist. * Michel Cormier (b. 1957) - Canadian journalist, lecturer and author.

References

External links

Communities in Kent County, New Brunswick Rural communities in New Brunswick Communities in Greater Shediac Lighthouses in New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub