Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick

Pointe-Verte is a community in the town of Belle-Baie in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. It was a village from 1966 to 2023, when it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities to form the town of Belle-Baie.

History
On January 1, 2023, Pointe-Verte amalgamated with Beresford, Nigadoo, Petit-Rocher, and all or part of ten local service districts to form the new town of Belle-Baie. The community's name remains in official use.

Geography
Located on Chaleur Bay 30 km north of Bathurst, the village's main industry is lobster and scallop fishing, as well as forestry.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pointe-Verte had a population of $865$ living in $400$ of its $433$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $886$. With a land area of 13.76 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.