Saint-Paul is a
civil parish
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in
Kent County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes, most of the parish is within the town of
Champdoré, with a strip along the northern boundary in the village of
Five Rivers and the southeastern corner part of the
incorporated rural community of
Maple Hills.
Champdoré and Five Rivers belong to the Kent Regional Service Commission, while Maple Hills belongs to the Southeast RSC.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, the parish formed the
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 ...
of the parish of Saint-Paul.
Origin of name
The parish may have taken its name from the
Roman Catholic
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ecclesiastical parish.
History
Saint-Paul was erected in 1888 from all of
Sainte-Marie Parish west of McLaughlin Road.
Boundaries
Saint-Paul Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on map 109 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 285, 300, 301, 317, and 318 at same site.]
*on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to the
Canadian National Railway
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line running alongside
Route 126;
*on the east by
Route 490;
*on the south by the
Westmorland County line;
*on the west by the CNR line running alongside Route 126.
Governance
The entire parish forms the
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 ...
of the parish of Saint-Paul, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1987, recreational and sports facilities in 2008, and non-fire related rescue in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1982–2008) were formerly included.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
*
Birch Ridge
*Bon-Secours
*Gladeside
*
Hébert
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*Légerville
*McLean Settlement
*
Saint-Paul
*Sweeneyville
*Terrains de L'Évêque
*''Val-Richard''
*Village-des-Belliveau
*Village-des-Cormier
*Village-des-Léger
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Buctouche River
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*Cocagne River
*Lac de Bon-Secours
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.
* McLean Settlement Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Population
Population trend
[Statistics Canada: 1996, ]2001
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census
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
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Notes
References
External links
Saint-Paul LSD
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Local service districts of Kent County, New Brunswick
Geography of Kent County, New Brunswick