Memramcook
Memramcook | |
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Village | |
Community of St. Joseph in Memramcook with Saint-Thomas de Memramcook Church | |
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Location of Memramcook in New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 45°58′52″N 64°34′01″W / 45.98111°N 64.56694°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Westmorland |
| Parish | Dorchester Parish |
| Settled | 1700s |
| Incorporated | 1966 (as St. Joseph) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Mayor | Maxime Bourgeois |
| • Councillors | List of Members
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| • MLA | Natacha Vautour (L) |
| • MP | Dominic Leblanc (L) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 186.64 km2 (72.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 5,029 |
| • Density | 26.9/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016–21) | 5.3% |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
| Canadian postal code | E4K |
| Area code | 506 |
| Telephone Exchanges | 334, 758 |
| GNBC Code | 1307013 |
| Website | www.memramcook.com |
Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language. An agricultural village, it has a strong local patrimony, key to the history of the region. It was home to Mi'kmaqs for many years and was the arrival site of Acadians in 1700. A large part of these Acadians were deported in 1755, but the village itself survived.
The Collège Saint-Joseph was the first francophone university in the east of Canada, which opened its doors in 1864 and hosted/organized the first National Acadian Convention in 1881.