Back Baie-Comeau Afrikaans بيه كومو (كيبك) Arabic Baie-Comeau ATJ بای-کومیو AZB Baie-Comeau (munisipyo) CEB Baie-Comeau German Baie-Comeau, Quebec DIQ Baie-Comeau Esperanto Baie-Comeau Spanish Baie-Comeau Estonian
Baie-Comeau | |
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 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[1][2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Manicouagan |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Constituted | June 23, 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vacant |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan |
| • Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
| Area | |
| • City | 432.00 km2 (166.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 334.83 km2 (129.28 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11.28 and 8.67 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 682.89 km2 (263.67 sq mi) |
| Two urban areas: Baie-Comeau proper + Hauterive | |
| Elevation | 21.60 m (70.87 ft) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • City | 20,687 |
| • Density | 61.8/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9,100 and 11,147 |
| • Urban density | 806.5 and 1,285.5/km2 (1/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 26,643 |
| • Metro density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  3.9% |
| • Dwellings | 10,163 |
| Two urban areas: Baie-Comeau proper and Hauterive | |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138  R-389 |
| Website | www |
Baie-Comeau ([be.kɔ.mo]; 2021 city population 20,687; CA population 26,643[4]) is a city located approximately 420 km (260 mi) north-east of Quebec City in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River near the mouth of the Manicouagan River, and is the seat of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality.
There are two urban area population centres within the city limits: Baie-Comeau proper, with a population of 9,100, and Hauterive, with a population of 11,147, as of the 2021 Canadian Census.[5]
The city is named after the adjacent Comeau Bay, which is named in honour of Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, a Québécois naturalist.[2]
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 "Baie-Comeau". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2021 Census Baie-Comeau, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Baie-Comeau [Census agglomeration], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Baie-Comeau [Population centre], Quebec and Hauterive [Population centre], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "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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