Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick
Parish in New Brunswick, Canada
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Saint-Paul is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]
Saint-Paul
St. Paul | |
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Location within Kent County, New Brunswick. | |
| Coordinates: 46.3275°N 65.0175°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  New Brunswick |
| County | Kent County |
| Erected | 1888 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 228.41 km2 (88.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 877 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  4.2% |
| • Dwellings | 383 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
For governance purposes, most of the parish is within the town of Champdoré, with a strip along the northern boundary in the village of Five Rivers[5] and the southeastern corner part of the incorporated rural community of Maple Hills.[6] Champdoré and Five Rivers belong to the Kent Regional Service Commission, while Maple Hills belongs to the Southeast RSC.[7]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul.[8]
Origin of name
The parish may have taken its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.
History
Saint-Paul was erected in 1888 from all of Sainte-Marie Parish west of McLaughlin Road.[9]
Boundaries
Saint-Paul Parish is bounded: [2][10][11][12]
- on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west[a] from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to the Canadian National Railway line running alongside Route 126;
- on the east by Route 490;
- on the south by the Westmorland County line;
- on the west by the CNR line running alongside Route 126.
Governance
The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul,[b] established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1987, recreational and sports facilities in 2008, and non-fire related rescue in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1982–2008) were formerly included.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;[10][11][12] italics indicate a name no longer in official use
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Bodies of water
Bodies of water[c] at least partly in the parish:[10][11][12]
- Buctouche River
- Cocagne River
- Lac de Bon-Secours
Other notable places
Demographics
Population
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LanguageMother tongue (2016)[18]
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See also
Notes
- By the magnet of 1850,[13] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.[14]
- The name was originally styled Saint Paul; this was changed to the modern form in 1985. The French name was in the modern style when the LSD regulation was made bilingual in 1984.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.