L'Isle-aux-Coudres

L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Location within Charlevoix RCM
L'Isle-aux-Coudres
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°24′N 70°23′W / 47.400°N 70.383°W / 47.400; -70.383
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMCharlevoix
Settled1728
ConstitutedAugust 23, 2000
Government
  MayorChristyan Dufour
  Federal ridingMontmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
  Prov. ridingCharlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
  Total
100.96 km2 (38.98 sq mi)
  Land29.46 km2 (11.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
1,116
  Density37.9/km2 (98/sq mi)
  Pop (2016-21)
2.4%
  Dwellings
760
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.municipaliteiac.ca

L'Isle-aux-Coudres (French pronunciation: [lil o kudʁ]), is a municipality located on island aux Coudres, in the St. Lawrence River, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec, Canada.

Variations of the official name are: La Baleine, L'Île-aux-Coudres, Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres and Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres. Locally, the following variants are also noted: Île aux Coudriers, Île Elbow, Île aux Marsouins and Île aux Socles.

Whereas the modern French spelling for "island" is île, the municipality uses the old French spelling of Isle. Its population centres include La Baleine in the northeast, (Saint-Louis-de-)l'Isle-aux-Coudres in the south, and Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer in the northwest facing Baie-Saint-Paul.

Access to the island are by sea (ferry) and air (airport). The free ferry service connects Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer to Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive on the north shore of the gulf.

It was the setting for the classic 1963 National Film Board of Canada documentary Pour la suite du monde.