NEW CARLISLE, QUEBEC

'New Carlisle', Quebec is a small town in the Gaspé region best known as the birthplace of René Lévesque, although he was actually born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking. New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality.
Originally settled by Loyalists and discharged British soldiers in 1784, it was named by the then Lieutenant-Governor Nicholas Cox after his home town of Carlisle in England.
According to the Canada 2001 Census:

★ Population: 1,431

★ % Change (1996-2001): -7.0

★ Dwellings: 611

★ Area (km².): 67.55 km²

★ Density (persons per km²): 21.2

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