Colombier, Quebec
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Colombier
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| map_caption = Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM
| pushpin_map = Côte-Nord Region Quebec
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
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| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Côte-Nord
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = La Haute-Côte-Nord
| established_title = Settled
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| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = January 1, 1946
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Claire Savard
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Manicouagan
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = René-Lévesque
| area_total_km2 = 386.41
| area_land_km2 = 361.23
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| population_total = 635
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 1.8
| population_blank1_title= Pop (2016-21)
| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 7.3%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 363
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| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = G0H 1P0
| area_code = 418 and 581
| blank_name = Highways
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Colombier ({{IPA|fr|kɔlɔ̃bje|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Eihel-Colombier.wav}}) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Côte-Nord region and the regional county municipality of La Haute-Côte-Nord. It is located along Route 138, about {{convert|60|km|mi}} south-west of Baie-Comeau.
It includes the population centres of (Sainte-Thérèse-de-) Colombier, Les Îlets-Jérémie, and Saint-Marc-de-Latour.
History
File:Eglise et presbytere de Sainte-Therese-de-Colombier.jpg
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. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=14570 |title=Colombier (Municipalité) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |accessdate=2010-06-21 |language=French}}{{cite web |url=http://municipalite.colombier.qc.ca/ |title=Municipalité de Colombier |accessdate=2010-06-21 |language=French |archive-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200451/http://www.municipalite.colombier.qc.ca/ |url-status=dead }}
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
{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Colombier, Quebec
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|source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
| 1951 |1374
| 1956 |1495
| 1961 |1619
| 1966 |1555
| 1971 |1337
| 1976 |1232
| 1981 |1213
| 1986 |1113
| 1991 |973
| 1996 |947
| 2001 |890
| 2006 |817
| 2011 |747
| 2016 |685
| 2021 |635
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 324 (total dwellings: 363)
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 1.6%
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website}}
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://municipalite.colombier.qc.ca Municipalité de Colombier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200451/http://www.municipalite.colombier.qc.ca/ |date=2011-07-06 }}
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Colombier
| NE = Pessamit
| SE = St. Lawrence River
| SW = Forestville
| NW = Lac-au-Brochet
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{{La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM|state=expanded}}
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Category:Municipalities in Quebec