L'Ile-Verte ( fr. L'Isle-Verte ) is a city in the province of Quebec in Canada , in the Lower Lawrence St. Law region. In 2014, 1467 people lived in the city.
Municipality | |
L'Ile-verte | |
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L'isle-verte | |
A country | Canada |
Provinces | Quebec |
Area | Lower Lawrence of St. Lawrence |
Mayor | Ursula Terio |
History and geography | |
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Square | 118.64 km² |
Population | |
Population | 1,467 people ( 2014 ) |
Density | 12 people / km² |
city site | |
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Geographical position
L'Ile-Verte is located 230 km north-east of Quebec . The municipality is located in the regional municipality of Rivière-du-Loup.
History
The name Green Island ( fr. Isle-Verte ) was introduced by Samuel de Champlain in 1621. This name is also recorded in the Jesuit Relation . The same name was given to the post office, which opened in 1831. The municipality with the same name was created in 1845. In 1855, the name was changed to Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Ile-Verte and the municipality became a parish. In 1952, the municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Ile-Verte was established, in 1955 - the municipality of L'Isle-Verte. On February 9, 2000, the municipality of L'Isle-Verte and the municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Ile-Verte merged into the municipality of L'Isle-Verte [1] .
Population
According to the 2011 census, 1,469 people lived in L'Ile-Verte. The average age is 50.0 years. 14.0% of the city’s population were children under 14, 3.8% were from 15 to 19 years old, 19.8% were from 20 to 39 years old, 30.7% were from 40 to 59 years old, 32.8% - people over 65 years old. Out of 1,265 people over 15 years old, 450 were officially married, 305 were in civil marriage, 295 had never been married. There are 615 households and 415 families in L'Ile-Vert, the average number of people in a family is 2.7 people, and 2.2 in a household. In 98.9% of the population, French is the only native language, only 0.7% of the population recognized English as the only native language [2] .
Population dynamics:
1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2014 |
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1013 | 1567 | 1519 | 1464 | 1469 | 1467 |
Notes
- ↑ L'Isle-Verte . comission de toponymie québec. The appeal date is March 27, 2016.
- ↑ L'Isle-Verte, Ville . Statistics Canada. The appeal date is March 21, 2016.