Baie-Saint-Paul

Baie-Saint-Paul
Baie-Saint-Paul
City
	Baie-Saint-Paul skyline
	Coat of arms
	Location within Charlevoix RCM.
	Baie-Saint-Paul Location in central Quebec.
	Coordinates: 47°27′N 70°30′W / 47.450°N 70.500°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Capitale-Nationale
RCM	Charlevoix
Constituted	January 3, 1996
Government
• Mayor	Michaël Pilote
• Federal riding	Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
• Prov. riding	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
• City	563.70 km2 (217.65 sq mi)
• Land	546.48 km2 (211.00 sq mi)
• Urban	5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• City	7,146
• Density	13.1/km2 (34/sq mi)
• Urban	4,535
• Urban density	760.0/km2 (1,968/sq mi)
• Pop 2011–2016	2.5%
• Dwellings	3,231
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G3Z
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-138 ; R-362 ; R-381
Website	www.baiesaintpaul.com

Baie-Saint-Paul (2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is situated at the mouth of the Gouffre River. It is known for its art galleries, shops and restaurants.

The place gained some prominence in the 1770s when Doctor Philippe-Louis-François Badelard named a disease he was researching the "Baie-Saint-Paul maladie". This illness was the subject of one of the first medical publications done in Lower Canada. It is also where Cirque du Soleil originated back in the early 1980s and the location of the first show using the name Cirque du Soleil during "La Fete Foraine de Baie-Saint-Paul" in 1984.

A visitor in the early 1800s noticed mineral springs and mineral resources in the area.^[5]

^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Baie-Saint-Paul Archived 2011-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Baie-Saint-Paul census profile
^ Statistics Canada 2016 Census - Petite-Rivière-Saint-François census profile
^ Baddeley, Frederick Henry (1831). "Additional notes on the Geognosy of St. Paul's Bay". Transactions. Original Series. 2. Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

[toponymie-1] Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[mamrot-2] Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Baie-Saint-Paul Archived 2011-01-08 at the Wayback Machine

[cp2011-3] Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Baie-Saint-Paul census profile

[cp2016-4] Statistics Canada 2016 Census - Petite-Rivière-Saint-François census profile

[Baddeley_1831-5] Baddeley, Frederick Henry (1831). "Additional notes on the Geognosy of St. Paul's Bay". Transactions. Original Series. 2. Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

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