Desbiens, Quebec - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Desbiens is a ville
Ville
Ville is the modern French word of Latin origin now meaning city or town, but the first meaning in the middle-ages was farm and then village...

in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, located in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The county seat is in Alma. In 2006 it was 99.5% French-speaking.-Communities:* Cities & Towns** Alma** Desbiens** Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix...

. It is on the shores of Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated 206 kilometres north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of 1003 km² Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively...

at the mouth of the Métabetchouane River.

Demographics

Population trend:

Population in 2006: 1074 (2001 to 2006 population change: -4.8 %)
Population in 2001: 1128
Population in 1996: 1202
Population in 1991: 1265

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 467 (total dwellings: 483)

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 0 %
French as first language: 98.6 %
English and French as first language: 0 %
Other as first language: 1.4 %

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