Gallichan, Quebec

Gallichan
Municipality

Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Gallichan
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W / 48.600°N 79.283°W / 48.600; -79.283Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W / 48.600°N 79.283°W / 48.600; -79.283[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
Settled 1922
Constituted January 1, 1958
Government[2]
 • Mayor Émilien Larochelle
 • Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
 • Total 97.30 km2 (37.57 sq mi)
 • Land 74.60 km2 (28.80 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 484
 • Density 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 5.7%
 • Dwellings 307
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J0Z 2B0
Area code(s) 819
Highways No major routes
Website www.gallichan.ao.ca

Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 484 in the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was constituted on January 1, 1958.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 484 (2006 to 2011 population change: 5.7%)
  • Population in 2006: 458
  • Population in 2001: 476
  • Population in 1996: 478
  • Population in 1991: 482

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 193 (total dwellings: 307)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 97.8%
  • English and French as first language: 2.2%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Émilien Larochelle
  • Councillors: Serge Marquis, Claude Bourque, Martine Goulet Gosselin, Brigitte Rivard, Henri Bourque, Éric Fournier [6]

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 151355 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Gallichan". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. 1 2 "Gallichan census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ↑ "Gallichan community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  6. ↑ http://www.gallichan.ao.ca/gallichan.html




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