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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name           = Lamèque
| native_name             = 
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = 
| image_skyline           = Ilelameque.jpg
| image_caption           = Aerial view of Lamèque
| image_flag              = 
| image_seal              = Lameque NB logo.png
| image_shield            = 
| nickname                = 
| motto                   = 
| image_map               = 
| map_caption             = Location within New Brunswick
| pushpin_map             = New Brunswick
| pushpin_label           = <br>Lamèque
| coordinates             = {{coord|47.79246|-64.65317|region:CA-NB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = Canada
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[New Brunswick]]
| subdivision_type2       = County
| subdivision_name2       = [[Gloucester County, New Brunswick|Gloucester]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|Parish]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Shippagan Parish, New Brunswick|Shippagan]]
| subdivision_type4       = [[List of municipalities in New Brunswick|Town]]
| subdivision_name4       = [[Île-de-Lamèque]]
| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = 1790
| established_title2      = Incorporated (Village)
| established_date2       = November 6, 1966
| established_title3      = Incorporated (Town)
| established_date3       = September 1, 1982
| government_type         = 
| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_title            = 
| leader_name             = 
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=census2021 />
| area_total_km2          = 
| area_land_km2           = 12.40
| area_water_km2          = 
| area_water_percent      = 
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=census2021>{{cite web |title=Census Profile of Lamèque |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Lameque&DGUIDlist=2021A00051315032&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=Statistics Canada |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1,301
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_density_km2  = 104.9
| population_urban        = 
| population_blank1_title = Change&nbsp;<small>(2016–21)</small>
| population_blank1       = {{increase}} 1.2%
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2       = 606
| population_note         = 
| timezone                = [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]]
| utc_offset              = -4
| timezone_DST            = [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|ADT]]
| utc_offset_DST          = -3
| postal_code_type        = {{nowrap|[[Canadian Postal code|Postal code(s)]]}}
| postal_code             = [[List of E Postal Codes of Canada|E8T]]
| area_code               = [[Area code 506|506]]
| blank_name              = Highways <br> {{jct|state=NB|NB|113}}
| blank_info              = <br> {{jct|state=NB|NB|310}}<br> {{jct|state=NB|NB|313}}
| blank3_name             = 
| blank3_info             = 
| website                 = {{URL|www.lameque.ca}}
}}

'''Lamèque''' ({{IPA|fr|lamɛk}}) is a former town in [[Gloucester County, New Brunswick|Gloucester County]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of [[Île-de-Lamèque]].

Of Amerindian rather than French origin, "Lamèque" comes from the Micmac Elmugwadasik, a descriptive reference to the fact that "the head of the tidal river is turned to one side".  The name of the island approved by the [[Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names]] in 1974, the result of a local petition replaced the earlier Shippegan.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William|title=The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-7715-9754-1|location=Toronto|pages=78}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick}}
A [[Francophone]] community, it is situated on [[Lamèque Island]], off the northeastern tip of the [[Acadian Peninsula]].  Lamèque has hosted an annual [[baroque music]] festival every summer since 1975.<ref>Frommers. [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/acadianpeninsula/2978010025.html Acadian Peninsula]</ref>

On 1 January 2023, Lamèque amalgamated with the village of [[Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël]] and annexed the [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service district]]s making up the remainder of [[Lamèque Island]] to form the new town of [[Île-de-Lamèque, New Brunswick|Île-de-Lamèque]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="GovRefMapRSC4">{{cite web |title=RSC 4 Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC4.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> Lamèque's name remains in official use as a community.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2022.05.0267.html |location=Irishtown, New Brunswick |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Lamèque had a population of {{val|1301|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|577|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|606|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1301-1285}}|1285|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1285|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|12.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1301|12.4|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=census2021 />
{{Canada census
 |location = Lamèque
 |2021_population=1,301 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.2  | 2021_land_area=12.40 | 2021_pop_density=104.9
 |2021_median_age=56.0 | 2021_median_age_m=53.6 | 2021_median_age_f=57.6
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=606 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=577 |2021_mean_hh_income=61,600 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00051315032 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
| 2016_population      = 1,285 |2016_pop_delta=-10.3 |2016_land_area=12.51 |2016_pop_density=102.8
| 2016_median_age      = 54.0 |2016_median_age_m=53.7 |2016_median_age_f=54.3
| 2016_total_pvt_dwell = 619 |2016_mean_hh_income=58,880 |2016_access_date=2019-08-15
| 2011_population      = 1,432 |2011_pop_delta=+0.7 |2011_land_area=12.45 |2011_pop_density=115.1
| 2011_median_age      = 49.9 |2011_median_age_m=49.5 |2011_median_age_f=50.4
| 2011_total_pvt_dwell = 615 |2011_mean_hh_income=45,362 |2011_access_date=2014-04-05
| 2006_population      = 1,422 | 2006_pop_delta=-10.0 | 2006_land_area=12.45 | 2006_pop_density=114.3
| 2006_median_age      = 44.8 | 2006_median_age_m=44.7 | 2006_median_age_f=44.8
| 2006_total_pvt_dwell = 604 | 2006_mean_hh_income=42,917 | 2006_access_date=2014-04-05
| 2001_population      = 1,580 | 2001_pop_delta=-5.4 | 2001_land_area=12.45 | 2001_pop_density=127.0
| 2001_median_age      = 39.7 | 2001_median_age_m=39.3 | 2001_median_age_f=40.0
| 2001_total_pvt_dwell = 609 |2001_mean_hh_income=37,275 | 2001_access_date=2014-04-05
| notes                = 
}}

{{Historical populations|width=60%
| title       = {{small|Historical Census Data - Lamèque, New Brunswick}}<ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref><ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Lamèque, New Brunswick |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1315032&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=Lameque&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
| percentages = 
| shading     = off
| align = none
| cols = 3
| 1991 |1687
| 1996 |1671
| 2001 |1580
| 2006 |1422
| 2011 |1432
| 2016 |1285
| footnote = 
}}

===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=19|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lamèque, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan=1| 
!colspan=3|{{center|French}}
|colspan=1|
!colspan=3|{{center|English}}
|colspan=1|
!colspan=3|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan=1|
!colspan=3|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|1,370}}
|
| 1,360
| {{increase}} 2.3%
| 99.27%
|
| 10
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 0.73%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|1,330}}
|
| 1,330
| {{decrease}} 10.1%
| 100.00%
|
| 0
| {{decrease}} 100.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|1,495}}
|
| 1,480 
| {{decrease}} 5.1%
| 99.00%
|
| 15
| {{decrease}} 50.0%
| 1.00%
|
| 0 
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|1,590}}
|
| 1,560 
| n/a
| 98.11%
|
| 30
| n/a
| 1.89%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.00%
|}

== Economy ==
Lamèque's economy is tied to the [[fishing]] and [[peat]] industries.
[[File:Ecological Park of the Acadian Peninsula.jpg|thumb|Ecological Park of the Acadian Peninsula in Lamèque]]

== Attractions ==
The [[Lamèque Eco-Parc]] offers numerous flora and fauna features representative of the Acadian Peninsula.

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick}}

==See also==
*[[List of communities in New Brunswick]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.lameque.ca Ville de Lameque]

{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick|towns=yes|state=expanded}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lameque}}
[[Category:Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Former towns in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Canada]]