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Guérin, Quebec

Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.65889°N 79.31806°W / 47.65889; -79.31806
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Guérin
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Guérin is located in Western Quebec
Guérin
Guérin
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.65889°N 79.31806°W / 47.65889; -79.31806[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMTémiscamingue
ConstitutedNovember 8, 1911
Named forJames John Edmund Guérin[1]
Government
 • MayorMaurice Laverdière
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
 • Total206.70 km2 (79.81 sq mi)
 • Land190.59 km2 (73.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total305
 • Density1.6/km2 (4/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11)
Increase 3.4%
 • Dwellings
193
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819

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

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Guérin census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  4. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, and Population and dwelling count amendments
  6. ^ "Guérin community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03.