- 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 theGulf of Saint Lawrence , whose geographical code is 982. It includes all the communities along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence between theNatashquan River and theNewfoundland 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 ofMinganie-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
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