Côte-Nord

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Country	Canada
Côte-Nord
Map of Côte-Nord in relation to Quebec.
Province	Quebec
Area
- Total	247,627.06 km² (95,609.34 sq mi)
Population (2001)
- Total	97,766
Website: http://www.cotenord.gouv.qc.ca

Côte-Nord (French for "Northern Shore", area 247,627.06 km², or 95,609.34 sq mi) is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River's estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadoussac. At the 2006 census it had a resident population of 95,911 inhabitants.

1 Population
2 Geography and economy
3 Subdivisions
4 Major communities
5 References
6 External links
7 See also
8 References

[edit] Population

As of the 2001 census, the population amounted to 97,766, slightly more than 1% of the province's population, spread across 25 municipalities. Baie-Comeau and Sept-Îles combined amounts for a little more than half of the population.

[edit] Geography and economy

Barrage Daniel-Johnson, a hydroelectric dam on the Manicouagan River.

Côte-Nord was created as an administrative region in 1966. Important landmarks of Côte-Nord include Anticosti Island, the Mingan Archipelago, and the Manicouagan Reservoir.

A territorial dispute between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador concerning the border between Côte-Nord and Labrador has existed since 1927.

The region's economy is based on mining (mostly iron), lumbering, aluminium production, and tourism. Côte-Nord's fourteen hydroelectric dams, notably the Manicouagan-Outardes complex, supply Hydro-Québec with over 10,500 megawatts of power.

[edit] Subdivisions

Regional county municipalities

Independent municipalities

Indian reserves

Naskapi reserved territory

Kawawachikamach

[edit] Major communities

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

Mingan Archipelago

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Côte-Nord (Region 09)

Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census).

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	La Haute-Côte-Nord · Manicouagan · Sept-Rivières · Caniapiscau · Minganie · Basse-Côte-Nord

Major¹ municipalities	Forestville · Baie-Comeau · Sept-Îles · Port-Cartier · Fermont · Schefferville

Administrative divisions of Quebec

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Quebec

Overall	Administrative regions · Regional county municipalities · Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal · Communauté métropolitaine de Québec · Kativik Regional Government

Communities	All municipalities · Types of municipalities · Parish municipalities · Townships · United townships · Indian reserves · Boroughs · Urban agglomerations

Major cities	Montreal · Quebec · Laval · Gatineau · Longueuil · Sherbrooke · Saguenay · Lévis · Trois-Rivières

Regions	Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Bas-Saint-Laurent · Capitale-Nationale · Centre-du-Québec · Chaudière-Appalaches · Côte-Nord · Estrie · Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Laval · Lanaudière · Laurentides · Mauricie · Montérégie · Montréal · Nord-du-Québec · Outaouais · Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean