Basse-Côte-Nord

Basse-Côte-Nord Territory "(French, Territoire de la Basse-Côte-Nord)" is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, whose geographical code is 982. It includes all the communities along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence between the Natashquan River and the Newfoundland and Labrador border. It has a land area of 5,803.26 km² (2,240.65 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 5,505 inhabitants. It separated from Minganie Regional County Municipality in 2002. Together with Minganie RCM, it forms the census division of Minganie-Basse-Côte-Nord, whose geographical code is 98.

Basse-Côte-Nord consists of the following municipalities, with their codes in parentheses.

* Municipality of Blanc-Sablon (98005)
* Municipality of Bonne-Espérance (98010)
* Municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (98015)
* Municipality of Gros-Mécatina (98014)
* Municipality of Saint-Augustin (98012)
* Indian reserve of La Romaine (98804)
* Indian settlement of Pakuashipi (98802), located within the legal territory of Saint-Augustin.

References

* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2498&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Minganie&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=24&B1=All&Custom= Minganie--Basse-Côte-Nord Census Division, Quebec] Statistics Canada

External links

* [http://www.blancsablon.com/ Blanc-Sablon Tourism]
* [http://www.cote-nord.com/basse-cote-nord.html Basse-Côte-Nord] Local website
* [http://www.thelowernorthshore.com The Lower North Shore Community Web Site]
* [http://diffpls.stat.gouv.qc.ca/pls/hcp/HCP database of municipalities] on the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.

Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Côte-Nord