La Corne
Municipality
Location within Abitibi RCM
Location within Abitibi RCM
La Corne is located in Western Quebec
La Corne
La Corne
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°21′N 78°00′W / 48.350°N 78.000°W / 48.350; -78.000[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi
Settledc. 1935
ConstitutedAugust 2, 1975
Government
[2]
 • MayorÉric Comeau
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
[2][3]
 • Total332.26 km2 (128.29 sq mi)
 • Land308.13 km2 (118.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total778
 • Density2.5/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Increase 8.2%
 • Dwellings
382
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Y 1R0
Area code819
Highways R-111
Websitewww.lacorne.ca

La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

The place is named in honour of Louis de La Corne (1703–1761), a French naval officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. Until 1978, the place name was incorrectly spelled as Lacorne.[1]

From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m (490 ft) deep shaft and lateral workings on three levels, and provided lithium to the glass and ceramics industries. With the advent of lithium batteries for electric cars and a myriad of consumer electronic products, the mine is currently being studied for reopening in late 2012 as an open-pit mine.[4]

History

The municipality of La Corne was founded in 1975 under the name Lacorne. The name was changed to the current La Corne in 1978.[5]

Demographics

Historical census populations – La Corne
YearPop.±%
1976 608—    
1981 631+3.8%
1986 642+1.7%
1991 616−4.0%
1996 621+0.8%
YearPop.±%
2001 629+1.3%
2006 682+8.4%
2011 700+2.6%
2016 719+2.7%
2021 778+8.2%
Source: Statistics Canada

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 322 (total dwellings: 382)[3]

Mother tongue (2021):[3]

  • English as first language: 0.6%
  • French as first language: 98.7%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0.6%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):[2]

  • Mayor: Éric Comeau[6]
  • Councillors: Gaétan Goyette, André Gélinas, Samuel Vaillancourt, Yanick Hamel, André Beauchemin, Annie Grandmont

List of former mayors:[5]

  • Lionel Nadon (1975–1978)
  • Adélard St-Pierre (1978–1979)
  • Eloi Hamel (1979–1980)
  • Jean Claude Trottier (1980–1983, 1985–1989)
  • Yvon Vaillancourts (1983–1985, 1989–1996)
  • Gérald St-Pierre (1996–1998)
  • Yvon Vigneault (1998–2006)
  • Michel Lévesque (2006–2013, 2021–2023)
  • Éric Comeau (2013–2021, 2023–present)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 72436". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "La Corne". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "La Corne community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  4. ↑ "Quebec Lithium Project". Canada Lithium Corp. Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  5. 1 2 "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: La Corne (municipalité) 2.8.1975 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Éric Comeau redevient maire de La Corne". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-07-11.
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