La Corne
La Corne | |
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 Location within Abitibi RCM. | |
  La Corne Location in western Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′N 78°00′W / 48.350°N 78.000°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Settled | c. 1935 |
| Constituted | August 2, 1975 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Lévesque |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 329.90 km2 (127.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 310.43 km2 (119.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 700 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  2.6% |
| • Dwellings | 404 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-111 |
| Website | www |
La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
The place is named in honour of Louis de La Corne (1703–1761), a French naval officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. Until 1978, the place name was incorrectly spelled as Lacorne.[1]
From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m (490 ft) deep shaft and lateral workings on three levels, and provided lithium to the glass and ceramics industries. With the advent of lithium batteries for electric cars and a myriad of consumer electronic products, the mine is currently being studied for reopening in late 2012 as an open-pit mine.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2011: 700 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.6%)
- Population in 2006: 682
- Population in 2001: 629
- Population in 1996: 621
- Population in 1991: 616
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 283 (total dwellings: 404)
Mother tongue:[6]
- English as first language: 1.5%
- French as first language: 98.5%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Municipal council
- Mayor: Michel Lévesque
- Councillors: André Beauchemin, Éric Comeau, André Gélinas, Michel Larouche, Martin St-Pierre, Véronique Veilleux
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 72436". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "La Corne". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ a b "La Corne census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "Quebec Lithium Project". Canada Lithium Corp. Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "La Corne community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
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