Pointe-Lebel
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Pointe-Lebel (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t ləbɛl]) is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory makes up the western half of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers.
Pointe-Lebel | |
|---|---|
  Pointe-Lebel Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 49°10′N 68°12′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Manicouagan |
| Constituted | January 1, 1964 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michelle Martin |
| • Federal riding | Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan |
| • Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
| Area | |
• Total | 122.24 km2 (47.20 sq mi) |
| • Land | 85.54 km2 (33.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,817 |
| • Density | 21.2/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  5.3% |
| • Dwellings | 935 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Lebel had a population of 1,817 living in 857 of its 935 total private dwellings, a change of −5.3% from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of 85.54 km2 (33.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 21.2/km2 (55.0/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Population trend:
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0.6%
- French as first language: 98.6%
- English and French as first language: 0.6%
- Other as first language: 0.3%
