Launay, Quebec

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Launay
Township municipality
Location within Abitibi RCM.
Location within Abitibi RCM.
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi
Settledc. 1917
ConstitutedMay 18, 1921
Named forJean-Baptiste Leporquier
de Launay[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorRémi Gilbert
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
[2][3]
 • Total257.00 km2 (99.23 sq mi)
 • Land258.24 km2 (99.71 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total229
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 1.3%
 • Dwellings
97
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Y 1W0
Area code819
Highways R-111
Websitewww.launay.ca

Launay is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 229 (2006 to 2011 population change: 1.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 226
  • Population in 2001: 259
  • Population in 1996: 260
  • Population in 1991: 272

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 96 (total dwellings: 97)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 95.6%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 4.4%

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Gilles Labbé
  • Councillors: Claude Audy, Gilles Labbé, Éloi Lambert, André Morin, Fernande Sylvain, Carmelle Veillette

References

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 34647". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Launay". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  3. ^ a b "Launay census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ^ "Launay community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-10.




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