Notre-Dame-des-Neiges () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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, Canada. It encircles the city of

Trois-Pistoles Trois-Pistoles () is a city in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is also the county seat. The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. A ferry crosses the rive ...

and includes the offshore Île aux Basques.

Geography

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is located on the southern shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

, 250 km northeast of

Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...

. Important towns near Notre-Dame-des-Neiges are

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city (Quebec), city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the Judicial districts of Quebec ...

45 km to the south-west and

Rimouski Rimouski ( ; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski, whose motto is ''Legi patrum fidelis'' (Faithful to ...

60 km to the northeast. Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is located on Route 293 which connects

to Route 232 between Trois-Pistoles to the northwest and

Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Saint-Jean-de-Dieu () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. The municipality had a population of 1,651 in the Canada 2021 Census. The two main settlements within the municipality are the communities of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu and La Société. Demog ...

to the southeast. The territory of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges covers an area of 94.44 km2. The territory of the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges partially overlooks the St. Lawrence River and almost completely enclaves the city of Trois-Pistoles. It is part of the regional county municipality of Les Basques in the

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of Bas-Saint-Laurent and is crossed by the Trois Pistoles river.

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