Fort-Coulonge
Fort Coulonge is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Coulonge River. It is the francophone centre of the otherwise largely (57%) anglophone Pontiac MRC, with 79.6% listing French as their mother tongue in the Canada 2006 Census.
Fort-Coulonge | |
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Rue Principale in Fort-Coulonge | |
Location within Pontiac RCM | |
Fort-Coulonge Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′N 76°44′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | Pontiac |
| Constituted | December 15, 1888 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christine Francoeur |
| • Federal riding | Pontiac |
| • Prov. riding | Pontiac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2.96 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,312 |
| • Density | 443.9/km2 (1,150/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) | 8.4% |
| • Dwellings | 605 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J0X 1V0 |
| Area code | 819 |
Fort-Coulonge is known for the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge, Quebec's longest covered bridge which is actually in neighbouring Mansfield-et-Pontefract.
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