title: L'Isle-Verte, Quebec
text: # L'Isle-Verte, Quebec
  
  L'Isle-Verte (French pronunciation: ​) is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to Île Verte (French for "Green Island"), a nearby island that is not within its municipal boundaries. Village and island are joined by a seasonal ferry.
  
  It is known for its lamb, fed in a salted marsh, a luxury product in Quebec. Its marshes along the Saint Lawrence River are a protected bird sanctuary part of the Baie de l'Isle-Verte Ramsar wetland.
  
  On January 23, 2014, a major fire destroyed the Résidence du Havre, a home for the elderly, killing thirty-two residents.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Population trend:
  
  * Population in 2016: 1294 (2006 to 2011 population change: -11.9%)
  * Population in 2011: 1469 (2006 to 2011 population change: 0.3%)
  * Population in 2006: 1464
  * Population in 2001: 1519
     * 2001 to 2006 population change: -3.6%
  * Population in 1996: 1567 (adjusted for boundary change)
  * Population in 1991: 1013
  
  Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 615 (total dwellings: 675)
  
  Languages:
  
  * English as first language: 0.8%
  * French as first language: 98.8%
  * English and French as first language: 0.4%
  * Other as first language: 0%
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Charles Borromée Rouleau was born in L'Isle-Verte in 1840.
  