Belcourt, Quebec
| Belcourt | |
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| Municipality | |
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 Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM. |
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 Belcourt
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| Coordinates: 48°24′N 77°21′W / 48.400°N 77.350°WCoordinates: 48°24′N 77°21′W / 48.400°N 77.350°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-l'Or |
| Settled | 1915 |
| Constituted | October 24, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carol Nolet |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Est |
| Area | |
| • Total | 420.60 km2 (162.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 411.18 km2 (158.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 239 |
| • Density | 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 6.6% |
| • Dwellings | 123 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0Y 2M0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |
 Route 386
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Belcourt is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.
Following the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, the area opened up for colonization. The new settlement was originally called Café or Coffee but renamed to Goulet, after the first permanent settler who arrived in 1915. In 1918, it was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Carpentier-et-Courville. Since there already was a Goulet Post Office in Bellechasse County, the place was officially renamed to Belcourt in 1958, in honour of Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt (1860-1932).
Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 112 (total dwellings: 123)
Mother tongue:
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