Baie-Comeau

Baie-Comeau
Baie-Comeau
City
	Hotel Le Manoir
	Map of RCM with Baie-Comeau highlighted
	Baie-Comeau Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
	Coordinates: 49°13′N 68°09′W / 49.217°N 68.150°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Manicouagan
Founded	1936
Constituted	June 23, 1982
Government
• Mayor	Michel Desbiens
• Federal riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	René-Lévesque
Area
• Total	434.54 km2 (167.78 sq mi)
• Land	334.83 km2 (129.28 sq mi)
• Urban	11.28 km2 (4.36 sq mi)
• Metro	682.89 km2 (263.67 sq mi)
	Urban area is for Baie-Comeau proper
Elevation	21.60 m (70.87 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	20,687
• Density	61.8/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	9,100
• Urban density	806.5/km2 (2,089/sq mi)
• Metro	26,643
• Metro density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Change (2016-21)	3.9%
• Dwellings	10,163
	Urban population is for Baie-Comeau proper
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G4Z, G5C
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-138 R-389
Website	www.ville.baie-comeau.qc.ca

Baie-Comeau ([be.kɔ.mo]) is a city in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, and is the seat of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality. It is near the mouth of the Manicouagan River, named after the adjacent Comeau Bay.^[2] It has a population of 20,687 in the 2021 Canadian census, and the census agglomeration population is 26,643.^[4]

Baie-Comeau is the birthplace of Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada.

^ "Baie-Comeau". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ ^a ^b "Fiche descriptive - Baie-Comeau" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 96020". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Census Profile, 2021 Census Baie-Comeau, Ville [Census subdivision], Baie-Comeau [Census agglomeration], and Baie-Comeau [Population centre]". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ "Baie-Comeau (census agglomeration) census profile". 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-05-11. The census agglomeration consists of Baie-Comeau, Chute-aux-Outardes, Pointe-Lebel, Pointe-aux-Outardes and Ragueneau.
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