Guérin, Quebec
Appearance
Guérin | |
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Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.65889°N 79.31806°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Témiscamingue |
Constituted | November 8, 1911 |
Named for | James John Edmund Guérin[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Maurice Laverdière |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
Area | |
• Total | 206.70 km2 (79.81 sq mi) |
• Land | 190.59 km2 (73.59 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 305 |
• Density | 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi) |
• Pop (2006–11) | 3.4% |
• Dwellings | 193 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Guérin is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It was named for James John Edmund Guerin.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2006: 295 (2001 to 2006 population change: -1.7%)
- Population in 2001: 300
- Population in 1996: 297
- Population in 1991: 274
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 118 (total dwellings: 193)
Mother tongue:[6]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 95.4%
- English and French as first language: 4.6%
- Other as first language: 0%
See also
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Guérin". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ a b "Guérin census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, and Population and dwelling count amendments
- ^ "Guérin community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03.