Place:Baie-Comeau, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

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NameBaie-Comeau
TypeCommunity
Coordinates49.217°N 68.15°W
Located inSaguenay, Québec, Canada
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Baie-Comeau (; 2021 city population 20,687; CA population 26,643[1]) is a city located approximately north-east of Quebec City in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River near the mouth of the Manicouagan River, and is the seat of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality.

There are two urban area population centres within the city limits: Baie-Comeau proper, with a population of 9,100, and Hauterive, with a population of 11,147, as of the 2021 Canadian Census.

The city is named after the adjacent Comeau Bay, which is named in honour of Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, a Québécois naturalist.

Baie-Comeau is the birthplace of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney.

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