Baie-des-Sables
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Baie-des-Sables (French pronunciation: [bɛ de sabl]) is a municipality in La Matanie Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Baie-des-Sables | |
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 Location within La Matanie RCM | |
  Baie-des-Sables Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°43′N 67°51′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Matanie |
| Constituted | January 1, 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gérald Beaulieu |
| • Federal riding | Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
• Total | 65.37 km2 (25.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 65.07 km2 (25.12 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 613 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  2.4% |
| • Dwellings | 336 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132  R-297 |
| Website | baiedessables |
Its elevation is 176 metres (577 ft).[citation needed]
History
The area was originally part of the Mitis seignory, purchased by Mathew MacNider in 1802, and acquired by his brother John MacNider in 1807. MacNider encouraged settlement of Scottish families there. Upon John Macnider's death in 1829, the seignory was inherited by the 2 sons of Adam Lymburner Macnider, nephew of John. In 1842, the geographic township of MacNider was created.[4]
In 1853, the Mission of L'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame was established, and in 1859, the Township Municipality of MacNider was formed when it ceded from the Municipality of Métis. In 1864, the MacNider Post Office opened.[1][5]
The Scottish settlers began to call the place Sandy Bay, or also Sandy Beach, in reference to a prominent sandbank on the western edge of the municipality. In 1902, the post office was renamed to Sandy Bay, and renamed to the French equivalent, Baie-des-Sables, in 1925. In 1932, the township municipality followed suit and changed name and statutes from Township Municipality of MacNider to the Municipality of Baie-des-Sables.[1][5]
Demographics
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 613 (-2.4% from 2016) | 628 (3.1% from 2011) | 609 (-0.8% from 2006) |
| Land area | 65.07 km2 (25.12 sq mi) | 65.19 km2 (25.17 sq mi) | 65.48 km2 (25.28 sq mi) |
| Population density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Median age | 56.0 (M: 56.4, F: 56.0) | 51.9 (M: 51.7, F: 52.5) | 48.5 (M: 47.5, F: 48.96) |
| Private dwellings | 336 (total) 281 (occupied) | 328 (total) | 277 (total) |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $51,840 | $48,415 |
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Language
Mother tongue language (2021)[10]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 605 | 98.4% |
| English only | 0 | 0.0% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.8% |
| Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |
Government
Local government
List of former mayors:[5]
- Olivier Côté (1859–1862)
- Alexis Caron (1862–1864)
- Auguste Lamontagne (1864–1867)
- Georges Bélanger (1867–1868, 1889–1892)
- Louis Saucier (1868–1883)
- Achille Chouinard (1883–1886)
- Louis Martial Raymond (1886–1889)
- François Parent (1892–1893)
- Jean-Baptiste Pinault (1893–1894)
- Théophile Fournier (1894–1898)
- Georges Boucher (1898–1904)
- François St-Laurent (1904–1905)
- Thomas Santerre (1905–1910)
- Israël Michaud (1910–1919, 1923–1931, 1933–1935)
- Michel Crispo (1919–1920)
- Joseph Thibault (1920–1923)
- Octave Massé (1931–1933)
- J. Honoré Desrosiers (1935–1936)
- J. Antoine Santerre (1936–1951)
- Donald Mac Donald (1951–1955)
- Philippe Morin (1955–1963)
- Roland Massé (1963–...)
- Jacques Couillard (...–2009)
- Denis Santerre
- Gérald Beaulieu (2021–present)
