Cocagne

For the mythical land of plenty, see Cockaigne.

Place in New Brunswick, Canada

Cocagne

Cocagne

Location of Cocagne in New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°20′26″N 64°37′12″W﻿ / ﻿46.34056°N 64.62000°W﻿ / 46.34056; -64.62000
Country| Canada
Province| New Brunswick
County| Kent County
Municipality| Beausoleil
Settled| 1767
Government

• MP| Dominic LeBlanc (L)
• Provincial Representative| Benoît Bourque (L)
Area

[1]

• Land| 69.23 km2 (26.73 sq mi)
Lowest elevation

| 0 m (0 ft)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total

| 2,757
• Density| 39.8/km2 (103/sq mi)
• Change
2016-2021

|  4.1%
Time zone| UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-3 (ADT)
Cocagne Range Front Lighthouse
Constructed| 1907
Foundation| concrete base
Construction| wooden tower
Height| 7 m (23 ft)
Shape| square truncated tower with balcony and lantern[2]
Markings| white tower, red lantern
Power source| solar power
Operator| private[3][4]
Focal height| 8 m (26 ft)
Range| 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic| F Y

Cocagne (English: /koʊˈkæn/)[5] is a Canadian community, formerly part of an eponymous local service district (LSD) and later incorporated rural community, in Kent County, New Brunswick. It is now part of the rural community of Beausoleil.

## History

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See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick

It was named after Cockaigne, a mythical paradise in medieval French literature.[6] It is located at the mouth of the Cocagne River on the Northumberland Strait.

William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name as Wijulmacadie, referring to a plant found along the river. In 1866 Cocagne was a farming community with about 65 families: in 1871 the community and surrounding district had a population of 900: in 1898 Cocagne was a sub-port of entry with a population of 250. A post office branch has been located here since 1837.[7]

On 1 January 2023, the rural community of Cocagne amalgamated with all or part of six LSDs to form the new rural community of Beausoleil.[8][9] The community's name remains in official use, as do those of other communities within the former rural community.[10]

## Geography

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The community is located around the mouth of the Cocagne River in Cocagne Bay at the crossroads of Route 535 and Route 134. Cocagne is also located on the northern terminus of Route 530

## Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cocagne had a population of 2,757 living in 1,214 of its 1,430 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 2,649. With a land area of 69.23 km2 (26.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 39.8/km2 (103.1/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

## Education

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* École Blanche-Bourgeois [11]

## Notable people

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Main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick

* Auguste Théophile Léger (1852-1923) - New Brunswick politician
* Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872-1939) - New Brunswick politician, clerk, landlord and merchant.
* Allison Dysart (1880-1962) - New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge
* Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud (1890-1971) - New Brunswick political figure and jurist.
* Michel Cormier (b. 1957) - Canadian journalist, lecturer and author.

## See also

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* List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
* List of communities in New Brunswick

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Census Profile of Cocagne". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
3. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
4. ^ Cogane Range Front, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 20 March 2017
5. ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
6. ^ Casselman, Bill. "Cocagne, New Brunswick: Origin of a Canadian Place Name". Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
7. ^ "Cocagne". Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
8. ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
9. ^ "RSC 6 Kent Regional Service Commission". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
10. ^ "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history" (Press release). Irishtown, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
11. ^ "District scolaire francophone Sud".

## External links

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