Bouchette
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Lac-Bouchette.
Bouchette (French pronunciation: [buʃɛt]) is a municipality in the geographic centre of the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, 75 kilometres (47 mi) north of Gatineau. Its territory is along the shores of Gatineau River and western Thirty-One Mile Lake.
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Bouchette | |
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Coordinates: 46°13′N 75°58′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Outaouais |
RCM | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau |
Constituted | March 22, 1980 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Steve Lefebvre |
• Federal riding | Pontiac |
• Prov. riding | Gatineau |
Area | |
• Total | 143.21 km2 (55.29 sq mi) |
• Land | 122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 695 |
• Density | 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016–21) | 4.9% |
• Dwellings | 629 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Website | www |
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Agriculture is an important economic activity, along with outdoor tourism. It has less than 700 residents but approximately 1075 cottage owners.[4]
There is a variety of services in Bouchette: school, post office, municipal services, grocery and hardware stores, restaurants, accommodation, construction contractors, camping.[4]