Bonne-Espérance, Quebec
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Bonne-Espérance (French pronunciation: [bɔnɛspeʁɑ̃s]) is a municipality in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
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Bonne-Espérance | |
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Coordinates: 51°23′N 57°40′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
Constituted | January 1, 1990 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dale Roberts-Keats |
• Federal riding | Manicouagan |
• Prov. riding | Duplessis |
Area | |
• Total | 1,215.65 km2 (469.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 622.99 km2 (240.54 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 692 |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016-21) | 1.6% |
• Dwellings | 318 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-138 |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www |
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The municipality is made up of the fishing villages of St. Paul's River (Rivière-Saint-Paul), Middle Bay, and Old Fort (Old Fort Bay),[4] and was incorporated as a municipality on January 1, 1990.[2] All three communities are accessible via Quebec Route 138 from Blanc-Sablon to the east only; this road currently ends at Vieux-Fort before commencing again at Kegashka some 300 kilometres (190 mi) west-south-west.