Les Escoumins
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Indian reserve formerly known as Les Escoumins, see Essipit.
Les Escoumins is a municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. It is located on the north shore of the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence River.
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Les Escoumins | |
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Coordinates: 48°21′05″N 69°24′27″W[1][3] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord |
Settled | 1825 |
Constituted | 5 May 1863 |
Government | |
• Mayor | André Desrosiers |
• Federal riding | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
• Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
Area (2021)[5] | |
• Land | 265.89 km2 (102.66 sq mi) |
• Population centre | 792.4 km2 (305.9 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[5] | |
• Total | 1,794 |
• Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Population centre | 1,274 |
• Population centre density | 1.61/km2 (4.2/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 5.1% |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-138 |
Website | www |
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