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Mont-Carmel, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°26′23″N 69°51′31″W / 47.43972°N 69.85861°W / 47.43972; -69.85861^[1]Country

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentRCMKamouraskaConstitutedJuly 1, 1855Government

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• Total438.60 km² (169.34 sq mi) • Land428.26 km² (165.35 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total1,160 • Density2.7/km² (7/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

2.9% • Dwellings

713Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-287Websitewww.mont-carmel.ca

Mont-Carmel is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, on the Canada–United States border.

Geography

Spanning over 75% of the width of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in which it resides, Mont-Carmel is the second largest subdivision within the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality and borders the United States at its southeast limit.

The following designated areas reside within the municipality's boundaries:^[1]

Eatonville – a hamlet located at 47°20′16″N 69°41′01″W / 47.33778°N 69.68361°W / 47.33778; -69.68361 (Eatonville, Mont-Carmel, QC)
Lac-de-l'Est – a vacation cottage community located at 47°13′39″N 69°35′26″W / 47.22750°N 69.59056°W / 47.22750; -69.59056 (Lac-de-l'Est, Dundee, QC)

Mayor: Pierre Saillant
Councillors: Ghislain Dionne, Lucien Dionne, Josée-Ann Dumais, Denis Lévesque, Mélanie Lévesque, Réjeanne Raymond-Roussel

^ ^a ^b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 42055". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14005". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Mont%2DCarmel&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052414005&HEADERlist=0 ^{[bare URL]}