Municipality of Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres was formed. In 1847, it was abolished, but reestablished in 1855, and would remain the only municipality covering the entire island for the next 80 years. The community of Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer, first known as Pointe-des-Roches until 1936, only really developed from 1902 onward. The Parish of Saint-Bernard, named in honour of Bernard of Clairvaux (ca. 1090-1153), was officially founded in 1934 when it separated from the Parish of Saint-Louis, and was incorporated as the Municipality of Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres in 1936. In 1951, the Municipality of La Baleine was incorporated, when it separated from Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres. It was named after an incident that had occurred in the late 18th century when the islanders found a carcass of a dead whale (in French: baleine) that had stranded on the island's flats. At this point, the island was divided into three municipal entities. On January 5, 1994, the Municipality of Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres were merged and formed the Municipality of L'Île-aux-Coudres (new spelling). On August 23, 2000, this municipality and the Municipality of La Baleine were merged again to form the new Municipality of L'Isle-aux-Coudres (old spelling). Demographics Population trend: Population in 2016: 1143 (2011 to 2016 population change: -10.6%) Population in 2011: 1279 (2006 to 2011 population change: -1.3%) Population in 2006: 1296 Population in 2001: 1319 Population in 1996: L'Ile-aux-Coudres (municipality): 1066 La Baleine (municipality): 279 Population in 1991: L'Ile-aux-Coudres (municipality): 1101 La Baleine (municipality): 282 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 551 (total dwellings: 754) Mother tongue: French as first language: 98.3% English as first language: 0.9% English and French as first language: 0.4% Other as first language: 0.9% See also Société des traversiers du Québec References External links Les Moulins de L'Isle-aux-Coudres Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale 1728 establishments in the French colonial empire