Blanc-Sablon
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 Blanc-Sablon ferry port (2013) |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Côte-Nord | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | ||
| Coordinates : | 51 ° 26 ′ N , 57 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 10 m | ||
| Area : | 247.94 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1112 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 4.5 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
Blanc-Sablon (French: "white sand") is the easternmost municipality ( Municipalité ) of the Canadian province of Québec .
location
Blanc-Sablon is located in the south of the Labrador Peninsula on the north coast of the Belle Isle Strait . Administratively, the municipality belongs to the MRC Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent within the administrative region of Côte-Nord . The small river Rivière de Blanc-Sablon flows into the sea in the village.
traffic
There is a ferry connection from Blanc-Sablon to St. Barbe (in bad weather conditions, alternatively to Corner Brook ) on Newfoundland . The Route 138 (Québec) leads from Blanc-Sablon nearly 70 km to the west to the fishing village of Vieux-Fort , which the municipality of Bonne-Espérance belongs. In an easterly direction, the road continues beyond the provincial border with Newfoundland and Labrador through the Trans-Labrador Highway ( Route 510 ). In addition, the only airport ( IATA : YBX) is located in Blanc-Sablon .
General
Blanc-Sablon has the zone time UTC-4 (Atlantic Time) all year round , which means that there is no time change in spring and autumn.
history
Blanc-Sablon has had the status of a municipality since 1990.
Residents
In the 2016 census, the municipality had a population of 1,112. Five years earlier it was 1,118. Thus, the population has decreased slightly in recent years. About a fifth of the population are Métis .
Web links
- Blanc-Sablon at Natural Resources Canada
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blanc-Sablon . Commission de toponymie, Québec. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Blanc-Sablon, Census 2016 . Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 2, 2018.