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Saint-Simon or St. Simon is a settlement in Gloucester County,
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,
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. It is located in the
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. Saint-Simon is primarily a francophone community. The former
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of St. Simon included Saint-Simon and several nearby communities.


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, St. Simon had a population of 648 living in 307 of its 333 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 700. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.


Education

Since the closure of the École Lorette-Doiron, French-speaking students benefit from schools in Caraquet. The town of Shippagan is home to the CCNB-Péninsule acadienne campus of the
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. English-speaking people have a school in Brantville which welcomes students from kindergarten to eighth grade. They must then continue their studies in Miramichi. The closest English higher education institutions are in
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, the provincial capital, or Miramichi. There is a public library in Caraquet. However, the
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North makes a stop in the village.


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 ...


References

Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick Designated places in New Brunswick Local service districts of Gloucester County, New Brunswick {{GloucesterCountyNB-geo-stub