L'Isle Verte, Quebec
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Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality
Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Rivière-du-Loup is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population of the region....
of the Bas-Saint-Laurent
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:...
region, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The name of the village refers to Île Verte
Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Quebec
Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs is an island municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality...
(French for "Green Island"), a nearby island that is not within its municipal boundaries.
It is known for its lamb, fed in a salted march, which can be qualified as a luxury product in Quebec. Its marshes along the Saint Lawrence River are a protected bird sanctuary part of the Baie de l’Isle-Verte
Baie de l’Isle-Verte
Baie de l’Isle-Verte is a coastal wetland along the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 27, 1987, is classified as a globally significant Important Bird Area, and contains a National Wildlife Area and...
Ramsar wetland
Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i.e., to stem the progressive encroachment on and loss of wetlands now and in the future, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural,...
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Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 1464
- Population in 2001: 1519
- 2001 to 2006 population change: -3.6 %
- Population in 1996: 1567 (adjusted for boundary change)
- Population in 1991: 1013
Total private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 620 (total: 694)
Languages:
- English as first language: 0 %
- French as first language: 99 %
- English and French as first language: 0 %
- Other as first language: 1 %