Colombier is a municipality

Types of municipalities in Quebec

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 in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Quebec, located in the Côte-Nord

Côte-Nord

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 region and the regional county municipality

Regional county municipality

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 of La Haute-Côte-Nord

La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec

La Haute-Côte-Nord is a Regional County Municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence where the Saguenay River flows into it. The Regional County Municipality seat is at Les Escoumins. The municipality has a land area of and a 2006 census population...

. It is located along Route 138

Quebec route 138

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, about 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) south-west of Baie-Comeau.

It includes the population centres of (Sainte-Thérèse-de-) Colombier, Les Îlets-Jérémie

Les Îlets-Jérémie, Quebec

Les Îlets-Jérémie is a settlement in the municipality of Colombier in the Côte-Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec. Located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, the small community is named after the Jérémie Islets that are just off its shores and mark the western end of the...

, and Saint-Marc-de-Latour.

History

While some logging took place in the middle of the 19th century, real impetus to its development was due to the economic crisis of the 1930s, when government authorities encouraged resettlement of the unemployed by opening the area for agriculture. In 1932, Saint-Marc-de-Latour was formed with the construction of a sawmill. In 1935, the Parish of Sainte-Thérèse-des-Colombiers was formed. Also that year, pioneers set up 20 camps and built the road along the Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...

. In 1937, the post office opened, then designated as Rivière-Colombier, named after the Colombier River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence that flows through the municipality.

In 1946, the Municipality of Colombier was formed, named after the river, which in turn was named after Charles-Roger des Colombiers (1628-1687), fur trader, citizen and alderman of Quebec, who had been granted a fief in that territory in 1677.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 817 (2001 to 2006 population change: −8.2 %)
• Population in 2001: 890
• Population in 1996: 947
• Population in 1991: 973

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 345 (total dwellings: 390)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 1.8 %
• French as first language: 96.3 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 1.8 %

External links

Municipalité de Colombier