Beausoleil is a
rural community
Rural Sociologists have identified a number of different types of rural communities, which have arisen as a result of changing economic trends within rural regions of industrial nations.
The basic trend seems to be one in which communities a ...
in the
Canadian province
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of
New Brunswick
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. It was formed through the
2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Local governance reform in the Canadian province of New Brunswick was implemented on January 1, 2023. This resulted in a significant reorganization of the local government entities in the province, including a reduction in the number of entiti ...
s. It encompasses the communities of
Cocagne,
Grande-Digue,
Notre-Dame,
Shediac Bridge,
Shediac River.
History
Beausoleil was incorporated on January 1, 2023.
Geography
The community is located around the mouth of the
Cocagne River in
Cocagne Bay at the crossroads of
Route 535 and
Route 134. Beausoleil is also located around the mouth of the
Shediac River in
Shediac Bay
Shediac Bay is a tidal embayment, an extension of the Northumberland Strait in New Brunswick, Canada.
It is located about north-east of Moncton. The nearest population centre is Shediac. There is a large island in the bay, Shediac Island.
The ...
at the crossroads of
Route 530 and
Route 134.
Education
*École Blanche-Bourgeois
*École Notre-Dame
*École Grande-Digue
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.
See also
*
List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipal ...
*
List of municipalities in New Brunswick
New Brunswick is the Population of Canada by province and territory, eighth-most populous province in Canada, with 775,610 residents as of the 2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census, and the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area#Land ar ...
*
Joseph Beausoleil Broussard
References
2023 establishments in New Brunswick
2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Populated places established in 2023
Rural communities in New Brunswick
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