Launay, Quebec
Appearance
Launay | |
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![]() Location within Abitibi RCM. | |
Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°32′W / 48.650°N 78.533°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Abitibi |
Settled | c. 1917 |
Constituted | May 18, 1921 |
Named for | Jean-Baptiste Leporquier de Launay[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Claude Lamoureux |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area | |
• Total | 257.00 km2 (99.23 sq mi) |
• Land | 258.24 km2 (99.71 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 229 |
• Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 97 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | www |
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: Claude Lamoureux
- Councillors: Claude Audy, Gilles Labbé, Éloi Lambert, André Morin, Fernande Sylvain, Carmelle Veillette
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 34647". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Launay". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^ a b "Launay census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Launay community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-10.