Grande-Anse is an unincorporated community in
Gloucester County, New Brunswick
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, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023.
The community is near the community of
Pokeshaw on the shore of
Chaleur Bay
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in the
Acadian Peninsula
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region, 25 km northwest of
Caraquet
Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for ''meeting of two rivers''. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nor ...
and 45 kilometres east of
Bathurst.
Grande-Anse's tourist attractions include the Grande-Anse beach, and the
Popes' Museum.
History
The village was first settled by
Acadian
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Simon Landry in 1808, and was incorporated in 1968.
On 1 January 2023, Grande-Anse amalgamated with
Bertrand
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Places
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* Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada
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,
Maisonnette,
Saint-Léolin, and all or part of four
local service districts to form the new town of
Rivière-du-Nord.
The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Grande-Anse 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.
Notable people
See also
*
List of communities in New Brunswick
References
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Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick