Sept-Îles, Quebec
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Sept-Îles (Uashau) |
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Sept-Îles in August 2008
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 Sept-Îles
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| Coordinates: 50°13′N 66°23′W / 50.217°N 66.383°WCoordinates: 50°13′N 66°23′W / 50.217°N 66.383°W | ||
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Côte-Nord | |
| RCM | Sept-Rivières | |
| Constituted | February 12, 2003 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Réjean Porlier | |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan | |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis | |
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| • City | 2,140.10 km2 (826.30 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,764.13 km2 (681.13 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 19.69 km2 (7.60 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,770.52 km2 (683.60 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • City | 25,686 | |
| • Density | 14.6/km2 (38/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 23,326 | |
| • Urban density | 1,184.5/km2 (3,068/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 28,487 | |
| • Metro density | 16.1/km2 (42/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
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| • Dwellings | 12,029 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G4R, G4S | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Highways |
 Route 138
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| Website | www |
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Sept-Îles (French pronunciation: [sɛ.t‿il], Quebec French pronunciation : [sɛ.t͡s‿ɪl], French for "Seven Islands") is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is among the northernmost locales with a paved connection to the rest of Quebec's road network. The population was 25,686 as of the Canada 2011 Census. The town is called Uashau, meaning "bay," in the Innu language.
The only settlements on the paved road network that are farther north are Fermont, Radisson and Chisasibi, the last two in the extreme western portion of the province at the north end of the James Bay Road. The remaining settlements at higher latitudes in the province are mostly isolated Cree, Innu, or Inuit villages, with access limited to seasonal gravel roads.
Sept-Îles is the seat of the judicial district of Mingan.
The first inhabitants of the area were varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The historic Montagnais or Innu people, who called it Uashat ("Great Bay"), lived there at the time of European encounter. Jacques Cartier sailed by the islands in 1535 and made the first written record of them, calling them the Ysles Rondes ("Round Islands"). He was not the first European in the area, as he encountered Basque fishermen who came annually from Europe for whaling and cod fishing.
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