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Poularies
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi-Ouest
Settled1916
ConstitutedMay 7, 1924
Government
[1]
 • MayorClaude Blais
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
[1][2]
 • Total168.20 km2 (64.94 sq mi)
 • Land170.41 km2 (65.80 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total679
 • Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 2.0%
 • Dwellings
276
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Z 3E0
Area code819
Highways R-101
R-390
Websitepoularies.ao.ca

Poularies is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 164.95 km² and had a population of 679 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on May 7, 1924.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 679 (2006 to 2011 population change: -2.0 %)
  • Population in 2006: 693
  • Population in 2001: 751
  • Population in 1996: 838
  • Population in 1991: 835

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 272 (total dwellings: 276)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 3.6%
  • French as first language: 95.0%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1.4%

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Gino Levesque
  • Councillors: Johanne Bolduc, Diane Bouchard, Sophie Dallaire, Solange Maheux, Lucie Noël, Patrick Thiffault

References

  1. ^ a b "Poularies". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  2. ^ a b "Poularies census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50912". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ^ "Poularies community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.



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