L'Isle-aux-Coudres
L'Isle-aux-Coudres, is a municipality located on island aux Coudres, in the St. Lawrence River, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec, Canada.
L'Isle-aux-Coudres | |
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Location within Charlevoix RCM | |
L'Isle-aux-Coudres Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°24′N 70°23′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Charlevoix |
| Settled | 1728 |
| Constituted | August 23, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christyan Dufour |
| • Federal riding | Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
| • Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100.96 km2 (38.98 sq mi) |
| • Land | 29.46 km2 (11.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,116 |
| • Density | 37.9/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) | 2.4% |
| • Dwellings | 760 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0A 1X0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Variations of the official name are: La Baleine, L'Île-aux-Coudres, Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres and Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres. Locally, the following variants are also noted: Île aux Coudriers, Île Elbow, Île aux Marsouins and Île aux Socles.
Whereas the modern French spelling for "island" is île, the municipality uses the old French spelling of Isle. Its population centres include La Baleine in the north-east, (Saint-Louis-de-)l'Isle-aux-Coudres in the south, and Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer in the north-west facing Baie-Saint-Paul.
Access to the island are by sea (ferry) and air (airport). The free ferry service connects Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer to Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive on the north shore of the gulf.
It was the setting for the classic 1963 National Film Board of Canada documentary Pour la suite du monde.